Chico's Tacos

05/22/02

3 in the morning

by geemoney at Citysearch

Chicos might not be the greatest tasting taco stand, but sure the best place to go when you hungry and full of hennessy. Some strang plates there. I had this taco dipped in green tomato sause and cheese, greasy but good. They also had this hotdog sandwhich that look like something I would make at home. Overall, i like th joint. It always packed full of foos hungry and ready to sober up.

• Pros: good crowd, cheap, late night dining
• Cons: greasy

09/01/09

Buffalo Wild Wings

by lillokito at Citysearch

Ok. the food is really good but if you wanna go watch a game have fun drink a beer and have some shots this not the place to go. We arrived at 10 pm asked for some drinks and after a hour were told that state law only allows 1x 24 oz beer or shot per hour per person. We order food which was really good but waiter said we had to slow down. It was a group of 8 of us going there after work. The waiter made it seem like he was doing us a favor by ordering the drinks for us. The bar had to closed for a bit cause of to much ordering drinks from also the customers. If you wanna go eat great place to go. But if your looking for Bar and Grill, go somewhere else. A friend that showed up around 1030 pm and drank his beer after 20 minutes was told he had to wait a hour to drink another beer. Would never go back to watch a UFC or NFL game. We left at 1am. I was really disappointed being it was Grand Opening. Also a note. This is not the first Wild Buffalo ive been to. Being to Orland Fl and San Antonio TX. Never had this issue.

• Pros: Great Food
• Cons: Bad service

08/28/09

Right to refuse service

by Myck B at Citysearch

I have always been served well at chicos,and never disappointed in the food.as for who they wish to serve,is their business.anyone who owns ther own business should have the right to refuse service.public displays of sexual affection should not be tolerated if the propriater sees it not fit.thats why we have bedrooms.

• Pros: good affordable grub
• Cons: need more places to sit down

08/11/09

chicos tacos TO GO !!!!

by aLec at Citysearch

well to start you dont know what your missing till its gone. and in my case that would have to be true for those great tasting lil tacos from el paso. now sure what all the uproar is. i gues becuase after i wen to ChicosTacosToGo dot com an overwhelming feeling of nostalgia came over me. viva Chicos

• Pros: great tacos
• Cons: far away from me

07/14/09

Overrated

by Eorteg84 at Citysearch

Their tacos are not worth the homophobic aftertaste. It's a hometown sensation that isn't worth the hype nor the bad indigestion.

• Pros: The food makes for a good laxative
• Cons: Discrimination

07/13/09

Would you like hate with that?

by JasonPat at Citysearch

I am ashamed to be associated (by way of the great state of TX) with this kind of discrimination. Chico's denied service, and forcibly removed, patrons for being gay--had mixed gender couples behaved in an identical manner, they would have been left alone. For some reason (?) the police in El Paso agreed, citing supreme-court-struck-down laws as justification.

As a counselor and counselor educator, I know that this kind of bigotry contributes to a high suicide rate among gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender youth. It is both unfounded in law and discriminatory in nature. A trip to Chico's would be supporting a stereotype of ignorance that many hold of Texas (the border region in particular).

Please voice your dissent to this company.

• Pros: Hesitate to offer any considering
• Cons: Hatred/Bigotry/Stupidity

07/13/09

Abusive

by JGray at Citysearch

Unbelieveable that a restaurant would hire goons to enforce bigotry and intolerance even though they are breaking the law.

A dangerous place in a dangerous town.

Definitely not recommended.

• Pros: Popular among bigots
• Cons: Condone violence and abuse

07/10/09

Chico's was an experience I won't forget!

by LolaPearl at Citysearch

I loves me some good ol' cheap mexican food. So when I was on a road trip to Austin I stopped by Chico's for quick bite.

Well, the place was filthy. The staff was rude and bascially threw the food at you. The tacos were pretty greasy but what do you expect. I mananged to finish them off and got back into my car and drove off.

I was just outside of town when I thought I was going to die. I pulled into a gas station and ran to the rest room where I spent the next hour throwing up and crapping. Luckily the attendent of the gas station heard my cries for help and called 911.

When the paramedics arrived and put me on the strecher one of them noticed the Chico's soda cup I was drinking water from. He yelled to his partner "HEY LANORE, we got another Chico's victim". They rushed me to the nearest hospital where I ended up staying for 5 days. I was so weak when I was released from the hospital, my cousin from Austin had to fly to El Paso and drive me back to Los Angeles.

I don't think I'll be back to Chico's anytime soon.

• Pros: I didn't die, but lost weight
• Cons: Throwing up for hours

07/10/09

They hate gay people

by KDOlive at Citysearch

They ejected gay people from their restaurant because of an affectionate kiss between two of them. They called the gay guys "faggots." The business owners won't apologize for the thugs that they contracted to be security guards. Go elsewhere until they change their policy.

• Pros: Good food.
• Cons: It's a discriminatory business

07/10/09

nonstraight people not welcome

by mark2010 at Citysearch

you can not say the g or h word on this site it says its inappropriate language this post is not here for debate just wanted to warn nonstraight people what you could be in for

By Andrew Kreighbaum and Darren Meritz / El Paso Times

EL PASO -- Two men men kissed at a Chico's Tacos restaurant, prompting guards to eject them and a police officer to endorse their ouster.

Civil-rights lawyers say the security staff was out of line. Police, though, contend that a business such as a restaurant can refuse service to anybody, any time.

In all, five men were ordered to leave the restaurant. They say they were forced out by homophobic guards.

"It was a simple kiss on the lips," said Carlos Diaz de Leon, a non straight man who was part of the group.

De Leon said the officer told the group it was illegal for two men or two women to kiss in public. The five men, he said, were told they could be cited for nonstraight conduct -- a law the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional in 2003 in Lawrence v. Texas.

• Pros: they have security
• Cons: didnt get to try the food

07/09/09

Discriminatory Place. Boycott it!!

by Armor at Citysearch

A gay couple was kicked out of the restaurant because they kissed. How backwards is this place?

All GLBT, family and friends of GLBT, should boycott this place.

• Cons: Gay people are denied service