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El Naranjo

March 22nd, 2010 by MikeK

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85 Rainey St.

Hours
Mon – Wed 6:00pm to 10:00pm
Thur – Sat 6:00pm to 12:00am

Phone
512.474.2776

Food Description
Just opening. Chef Iliana de la Vega, who formerly had an acclaimed restaurant of the same name in Oaxaca, Mexico. Look for Oaxacan street staples like molotes, tostadas, tacos fritos, and more, plus daily specials like mole and tamales.

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Example only, changes frequently

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Judi Ross writes:
April 12th, 2010 at 11:57 am

Congratulations Iliana – I can’t wait until I come back to the states – I drive through Austin and now I will have a great place to stop and eat!!!

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Kelly Loub writes:
April 12th, 2010 at 2:26 pm

Greetings Iliana~
That is just awesome….I’ll have to forward it to some of my friends who reside in the area.
Read a lovely article you had written in one of the restaurant publications about 3 months ago. Tried searching for an e-mail address for you with no luck. It sounds like you are busy at the CIA campus in San Antonio. I have pondered in sending one of our sons to a short class with you (he works for us here at the brewery).
It’s great to see that you are spreading your talent, having success, and I hope happy.
Best regards,
Kelly Loub (judi ross’ daughter)
Manhattan, KS

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Nancy Zaslavsky writes:
July 18th, 2010 at 12:28 pm

Hi Iliana, Congrats!! Can’t wait to try everything next June when IACP is in Austin! -Nancy

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Tasty Touring » Blog Archive » Tasty Tuesdays: Best Austin Food Trailers at 6 p.m. writes:
July 27th, 2010 at 1:06 am

[...] my favorites are located on or near Rainey Street just southeast of the Austin Convention Center. El Naranjo was opened by Iliana de la Vega and her husband and features delicious interior Mexican food. The [...]

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Chris writes:
August 11th, 2010 at 10:46 am

My wife and I stopped in for dinner on my birthday recently. We brought a bottle of Fess Parker Riesling from Santa Barbara and Chamisal Vineyards Estate Pinot Noir from Edna Valley with us. I figured those would be the best to complement the food.

We ate damn near everything on the menu. Both the Molotes were perfectly fried – and the salsa verde was absolutely delicious. The Chileajo tacos were fresh and delicately flavored – loved the crunch of the perfectly cooked cauliflower and the snap of the fresh English peas. The chilled mango soup was a perfect complement to the Fess Parker Riesling, as was the pickled swordfish escabeche (which also went brilliantly with the Pinot Noir). The Tinga Verde were spectacular – chicken was cooked perfectly and I could bathe in the salsa verde. Which brings me to the crown jewel – the mole. Best I’ve ever had – struck sweet and bitter notes from what is obviously high quality Mexican chocolate (both Ibarra and imported Oaxacan)- with an underlying rich spiciness from guajillo peppers (I asked Iliana). My wife and I couldn’t get enough (except that we were stuffed). Portions were perfect and the meal only cost us $45.00!!!

Lovely food, lovely service. I would recommend this to everyone!

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