El Chile Café y Cantina is not your typical Tex-Mex joint. Our flavorful contemporary approach to Tex-Mex dining has paid off with critical acclaim not only from within the Austin community, but as far away as New York and California. We beam with pride at our appearance in national publications such as Wall Street Journal, Bon Appetit, and Food & Wine. On any given day we never know who will be sitting at one of our interior or patio tables: food critics, former presidents, actors, governors, national championship coaches, academics, local politicos and Keep-it-Weird Austinites.
Our Story
Critics rave about El Chile's Oaxacan red mole that blankets the roasted pork enchiladas. They dip one chip after another into the dark exotic salsa that won first place in the Austin Chronicle's Hot Sauce Contest. They smack their lips over the tres leches cake, a dessert so delicious that couples have requested it to be served at their weddings.
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