El Chile Café y Cantina has been serving Manor Road since 2003, making its corn tortillas in-house daily and building its sauces from scratch. The kitchen turns out mole, fajitas, sizzling platters, and puffy tacos, alongside a grilled pineapple salmon ceviche that gets its smoke from mezcal and its sweetness from charred pineapple and peppers.
The margaritas, made with hand-squeezed limes, are as much a draw as the food, and the shaded patio overlooking a quiet stretch of Manor Road has made the restaurant a regular stop for weekend brunch and pre-game gatherings. Service tends toward the attentive and friendly, the kind that keeps regulars coming back for happy hour as often as dinner.
El Chile has been included in Austin city-magazine roundups, among them a list from writer Jane Ko.
The margaritas, made with hand-squeezed limes, are as much a draw as the food, and the shaded patio overlooking a quiet stretch of Manor Road has made the restaurant a regular stop for weekend brunch and pre-game gatherings. Service tends toward the attentive and friendly, the kind that keeps regulars coming back for happy hour as often as dinner.
El Chile has been included in Austin city-magazine roundups, among them a list from writer Jane Ko.