Las Trancas Taco Stand is a street-food stop in Austin.
Editorially verified May 18, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Six East Austin smokehouses in three hours, including a MICHELIN One Star pitmaster and three Bib Gourmands. Skip every line, ride in an air-conditioned van, and come hungry.
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Address: 1210 E Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX 78702
Pueblo Viejo on Tillery Street in Austin is the original 2010 East Side taco truck from Nestor and Margarita, the breakfast-taco operation that locals tag.
TryBreakfast tacos and barbacoa
TipBean-and-cheese on a homemade flour tortilla; the barbacoa runs out by 11am most weekdays.
Tacodeli in Austin is Roberto Espinosa's Spyglass Drive flagship since 1999, the local breakfast-taco chain known for Salsa Dona and a 25-year run as one.
TryTacos al Pastor and breakfast tacos
TipOrder Tacos al Pastor and a Heather; the cult Salsa Dona is the bottle you take home from the merch shelf.
InterStellar BBQ in Austin is John Bates and Brandon Martinez's North-side smokehouse on RR 620, a Michelin Star 2024-25 BBQ shop in the former Noble Pig.
TrySmoked brisket and house sides
TipThe smoked-prime-rib special on Sundays sells out by 13:00; pre-order online for pickup.
Micklethwait Craft Meats in Austin is Tom Micklethwait's BBQ smokehouse on Tanney Street, a Michelin Bib Gourmand kitchen relocated from the 12-year Rosewood.
TrySmoked brisket and house sausage
TipThe kitchen runs Thursday to Sunday; pre-order online to skip the brisket-and-sausage line.
LeRoy and Lewis in Austin is the South Austin brick-and-mortar of Sawyer Lewis and Evan LeRoy's BBQ since 2023, a 5,000-sq-ft smokehouse known for beef cheek.
TrySmoked brisket and beef cheek
TipBeef cheek is the kitchen's signature beyond brisket; order it before 13:00 or it runs out.
Distant Relatives in Austin is Damien Brockway's modern African American BBQ trailer at Meanwhile Brewing's South Austin yard, a James Beard semifinalist.
TryModern African-American barbecue
TipSit at Meanwhile Brewing's beer garden and order the BBQ to the table; the kitchen runs to 17:00.
