tupinamba

i have been going to tupinamba's for years. i was excited to try their new location. i was surprised to find the restaurant almost empty at lunch on a saturday. i ordered the number 6: cheese taco, enchilada andtupytaco. the food was as good as ever! i hope they are successful.

tupinamba? nothing special here, keep browsing.. i tried tupinamba today with a group. the service was fine, but i found the menu lacking.

apparently the crowning achievement of this restaraunt's fare is thetupytaco. these are a small fried taco that consist of a minimal (seriously) amount of beef, refried beans and cheese/lettuce/tomatoes on the side. they are very similar to jack in the box tacos, except slightly less greasy and 8x the price. onetupytaco = $3.75.

i had the pollo diablo as my entree, and added atupytaco on the side. the pollo diablo turned out to be quite a let down. sort of a smoky, very mildly spiced sauce that tasted more burned than anything over a chicken breast with rice, squash and zucchini. very disappointing.

the chips are thick and almost stale, but still crunchy. the salsa is bland but fairly tasty.
service was good with our party of 11.

if you're in dallas, there are about 200 mexican restaurants i would recommend over tupinamba.


highlight: the $4 fried taco. (i didn't know it was $4 when i ordered it, otherwise i wouldn't have bothered.)

i can't say enough good things about the sour cream and chicken enchiladas,tupytacos, or laurens favorite. their chicken has an amazing smokey flavor!

fried tacos. tupinamba serves big portions of great tex-mex. if you can get over the texas a&m theme you’ll find that this dallas landmark is in lockstep with other greats like el fenix and ojeda’s. don’t forget to try atupytaco. it’s a traditional hard shelled beef taco with an extra step: they deep fry the whole thing. don’t tell your cardiologist.