Guero's Taco Bar Blog

Just in case you didn’t catch it, we were featured on E-news last night as Sandra Bullock’s favorite mexican food restaurant in Austin, Texas! Here’s the clip:

We are so excited about this!

We can give thanks to Austin Star Maps for spotting celebrity fav-spots in Austin. Heather Brady has an interesting blog going, so if you want to read about her Austin celebrity knowledge, you can follow her here: Austin Star Maps

We love you Sandra! Can’t wait to see you next!

We are happy to have come across these bloggers who visited Austin during Batfest. They seem to know their stuff about margaritas, and we are happy to have impressed them with ours at Guero’s! Here’s an exerpt:

“As an aside, here’s a word about margaritas: they’re not green. They don’t look like slush puppies, and aren’t as sweet as candy. They’re not made with bar mix of any kind. If someone makes you a margarita with any of the features named above, by all means drink it, but don’t think it’s a margarita. Margaritas have three ingredients: good tequila, an orange liqueur, like cointreau or triple sec and fresh-squeezed lime juice, shaken and poured over ice in a small glass. If you absolutely must, salt the rim. That’s it, that’s all. Anything else is like buying Spam at the grocery store and serving it for Easter. Guero’s margaritas are done very right, indeed. A small glass of refreshing perfection”

They also seemed infatuated with our “BEST EVER” quesadillas.

“Here, we snacked on some guacamole and what turned out to be the BEST EVER quesadilla. Soft flour tortillas with chorizo, tomato and onion with good jack cheese, accompanied by sour cream, more guacamole and jalapeno slices. We imagine that they toasted the tortillas on a flatop or in a pan to brown them a little and then steamed them until the cheese melted. As a result we didn’t get any hard and dried out tortillas, just soft and pillowy, oozing with filling.

Happy Mouth Blogger's Pic of Our Quesadillas!

Thank you Happy Mouth Blog! Read what they had to say about the rest of their Austin experience, here: Happy Mouth Blog

Friends, Guests, Austinites, lend us your ears! It’s a Tex-Mex Music & Margarita Weekend! Here at Guero’s we never want you to spend your weekend empty handed, which is why we have  created the perfect formula to match margaritas with your music!  Come in and dine with us to enjoy rockin’ local bands with rockin’ margaritas.

by Kyle Woods www.skykingphotography.com

Here’s what we suggest:

Friday @ 6:30pm

The Music:  Los Flames are back by popular demand. Their blues, classic rock, and soul music will be a perfect start to your weekend.

The Margarita:  Silver Train. Take a ride on the Soul Train with Los Flames and on the Silver Train with our Silver Train Rita! Our Silver Train is made with Herradura Silver, Cointreau and fresh squeezed lime juice. Choo Choo!

Saturday @ 6:30pm

The Music:  Ponty Bone & The Squeeze Tones has a familiar SoCo, Austin vibe of jazz and blues.

The Margarita:  Soco Rita. Naturally, with a local vibe, we have to suggest our locally named margarita to set the mood. Our Soco Rita is made with Cazadores Roponsada, Cointreau & fresh squeezed lime juice! Feel the taste buds tingling?

Sunday @ 3:00pm

The Music:  Mitch Webb & The Swindles have that rockabilly and roots country feel to make you fall in love with Tex-Mex all over again.

The Margarita: The Heart of Texas. Deep in the Heart of Corazon Silver, Cointreau and fresh squeezed lime juice. It’s perfect for a delicious Tex-Mex experience.

Come one, come all! We hope to see you there.

Come on in to Guero’s Taco Bar for Happy Hour!

All day Monday and Tuesday:

$2 Mexican Beers

$4 Frozen Margaritas

25¢ Bean Tamales

And don’t forget our regular Happy Hour Wednesday – Friday 3  to 7 PM

We couldn’t be more thrilled to host Johnny Gimble, his son, guitarist Dick, and his granddaughter, singer and pianist Emily, every fourth Thursday here at Guero’s!  Johnny is known as one of country music’s all-time greatest fiddle players!  An article written for “All Things Stings” featured Gimble and his background and of course, Guero’s Taco Bar!

Click here to read the full article

We are so excited for the bands that will be performing in our Oak Garden this weekend! Check out the schedule below and come out for icy cold beers and chilly margaritas.

The garden opens and the music kicks off at 6:30pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. Sundays from 3-6pm.

This week’s schedule:
Thursday: Max Nofzinger & the Harmony Brothers
Friday: Los Flames
Saturday: Mary Welch y Los Curanderos
Sunday: Conjunto Jam with Los Pinkys

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo at Guero’s! Come and hang out with us in the garden on May 1 @ 7pm and enjoy Mayan dancers, warriors, and even a Mayan Princess!

Here are some pictures from The 9th Annual Lonestar Rod & Kustom Round Up that happened over the weekend. A lot of amazing cars rolled by the restaurant as you can see!

Here are just a few of the bands we were fortunate enough to have at Guero’s for SXSW 2010. We would like to thank all the artists and musicians who came out to play this year.

Mike Galaxy Presents Imagine Dragons – SXSW 2010

Mike Galaxy Presents V Sparks – SXSW 2010

Monte Carlo – SXSW 2010

Suzanne Sherwin – SXSW 2010

SXSW CONTEST

Listen up Guero’s Fans!

Here’s a chance for you to win a $100 gift certificate to Guero’s!

All you have to do is enter our video contest beginning today and ending on Sunday, March 21.

The Details:

1. Take a video of yourself (2 min. max) eating, drinking , or just hanging out at Guero’s and tell us why you think it’s such a great place.
2. Upload your video to YouTube, Vimeo, Viddler, or video sharing site of your choice and link to it in the comment section below. When you are filling out the comments section below, please add your name, email address and link to your video. BE CREATIVE!
3. On March 22, the Guero’s team will announce the winning video and that person will receive a a $100 gift certificate or dinner for 2 and drinks!