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Some Hole-in-the-wall Restaurants in Austin are Good

We wanted to spend our Valentine’s Day in Austin, so we booked a night at a luxury hotel in Austin and drove over on Saturday. A friend of ours told us about a local Mexican restaurant called Polvo’s. She told me that it was a bit of a hole-in-the-wall eatery, but that the food was really authentic and would I bring her back a taco?

After we checked into our hotel, which was really a luxury hotel (my first time staying at one) and we were treated like royalty, the staff really spoiled us. We took a taxi to the recommended restaurant. Polvo’s was brightly painted on the outside, even the name was painted across the outside wall. Inside, they strung Christmas lights everywhere they could. All the tables and chairs were mismatched and the paint was chipping and pealing off the walls, but it did appear to be clean and the wait staff were very friendly, they actually seemed to be having fun!

Polvo’s was the first Mexican restaurant that we’ve been to that had a salsa bar! We sampled many different types of salsa and the wait staff kept our chip bowl full. We were becoming full on the chips alone! I ordered the chili rellenos and my husband ordered the vegetable enchiladas. I scarfed my dish down, but my husband wasn’t too impressed with his enchiladas. He did like the cheese sauce on top. We also had several margaritas and we were feeling pretty frisky.

We wanted to see a bit of downtown Austin before we headed back to our hotel room, but being February, it was bitter cold outside, plus we found out that most of Austin closes on Sunday, which is nice, I guess, for Austin, but not for tourists! We managed to find a coffee shop open not far from the restaurant. I ordered a mocha and my husband pointed to the sign saying the coffee shop closes at 7pm, it was 7pm. So, I downed my mocha and we called up a taxi to take us back to our sweet luxury hotel. Needless to say, our Valentine’s day turned into a great Valentine’s evening.

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