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1521 S. Gessner Houston, TX 77080

713-827-0373

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Best Salsa
Award Winner 2011

Cuisine(s): Mexican

Hours: Tue-Thu 9am-9pm, Fri-Sat 9am-10pm

Price: $
Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa

Attire: Casual

Features: Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible
Serving: Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch

Reservations: Not Necessary

Parking: Lot Available

Description

Five sensational salsas come with every order here, and they are among the most incendiary in the city. The tacos al pastor, tacos with beef and mushrooms, and chilaquiles are all excellent. Devotees of the original Jarro Cafe taco wagon still order from the trailer out front.

2011 | Best Salsa

Working your way through the six salsas at Jarro Cafe is like taking a master class on the Scoville scale. The offerings range from eye-opening (the chunky oregano and chile-accented onion salsa) to sneaky-hot (the sweetened chile arbol paste) to volcanic (the bright green tomatillo-serrano slurry). Beneath the heat lurk complex flavor profiles, perfectly matched to the peerless Mexico City-style fare turned out by Memo Pinedo's kitchen. Not for nothing has this Spring Branch favorite... More »
2007 | Best Taco Truck

The bistek taco and the cochinita pibil taco at the Jarro taco trailer are transcendental. After the cook in the Jarro uniform passes your taco through the window, the real fun begins. On the stainless-steel counter that runs along the front of the trailer, there are assorted salsas and condiments in decorative Mexican three-legged bowls. There's a green salsa of chopped jalapeños and cilantro, a bright orange sauce made with hellishly hot chile de arbols and a neon lime-colored... More »
2005 | Best Salsa

Salsa is like beer: Some people timidly nip it, and others suck in the buzz. If salsa to you means getting lit, then thank the devil for Jarro Cafe, the flame-licked answer to the icehouse. Here, you'll get a salsa six-pack. Each of six brightly colored bowls offers a different, painfully delicious temptation. Try the chopped purple onions mixed with Mexican oregano -- "Mayan salsa" -- or the sweet, oily, crushed chile arbol, which tastes almost like a more potent mole. A thick red-chile... More »
2004 | Best Salsa

Jarro Cafe Houston hot sauce has been in a slump lately. Maybe they toned down the heat level for visiting All-Star Game fans and forgot to zip it back up again. If you've gotten used to insipid picante sauce, Jarro Cafe's salsas will open your eyes -- wide. At this bright and sunny little taco joint on Gessner north of Long Point, they bring you different salsas and some lime quarters in six brightly colored bowls with every order. But these aren't your ordinary Houston salsas. There's... More »

Las Fabulosas Taco Trucks...Delicioso!

By Robb Walsh | Thu, March 15, 2007

There are some muy sabrosos tacos out there if you're brave enough to eat at a taco truck and don't mind ordering in Spanglish. -- Photos by Robb Walsh Jarro Trailer In front of Jarro Café 1521 Gessner What to get: Don't miss the steak (bifstek... More »
Blaze of Glory

By Robb Walsh | Thu, April 29, 2004

The interior of Jarro Cafe on Gessner is pleasantly air- conditioned. But veteran ethnic-food explorer Jay Francis (see "Ethnic Explorer," August 3, 2000) is mopping the sweat from his forehead. I warned him. The salsas at Jarro Cafe are set-your-... More »

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Jarro Cafe

1521 S. Gessner Houston, TX 77080

713-827-0373

Description

2011 | Best Salsa

2007 | Best Taco Truck

2005 | Best Salsa

2004 | Best Salsa

Las Fabulosas Taco Trucks...Delicioso!

By Robb Walsh | Thu, March 15, 2007

Blaze of Glory

By Robb Walsh | Thu, April 29, 2004

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