The Top Restaurants In Brownsville, Texas

Gazpachos is a great location to enjoy exquisite Spanish, and Latin cuisine. With an upscale atmosphere, artistic decorations and delicious food, Gazpachos is a local favorite. Many love its lemonade and Azteca soup, a tomato soup with chipotle sauce, served with tortilla strips, fresh avocado, sour cream and cheese. Other menu items at Gazpachos include delicious ceviche, paninis, a Gazpachos salad, chicken-stuffed avocado, incredible tortilla soup, mouth-watering fajitas, roast beef sandwiches and medallion and mushroom crepes. Top off your meal with delectable desserts like crème brulee and flan, or enjoy Gazpachos’ cool, fruity sangria.

Madeira is a modern fine-dining restaurant with a dark, elegant atmosphere, high-quality food and great cocktails and drinks. Menu items at Madeira have included lobster salad, snapper with spicy chile piquin lemon sauce, ahi tuna, salmon with capers, amazing shrimp tacos, ceviche with mango, lamb chops, beef tenderloin with mushrooms, petites de longosta, sake sea bass and an array of seafood dishes. Relax on the outdoor patio overlooking the Resaca and enjoy amazing desserts, such as Madeira’s pear tart, or delectable drinks, including mojitos, wine, martinis, sangria, margaritas and amazing coffee.

Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, Mi Pueblito serves hot and spicy meals fresh from the grill. First opened in 1989, the Mexican-courtyard ambience and delicious, authentic Mexican food still makes this restaurant the perfect place for a delicious meal out. Mi Pueblito offers delicious breakfast items like chilaquiles, heuvos motuleños (sunny-side up eggs atop ham with a fried banana, refried beans and a special house sauce) and the ‘Mi Pueblito special’ (eggs atop a corn tortilla with ham, salsa and refried beans). Featured meals have included ‘fajita zarape’ (beef fajitas with a poblano pepper, cheese and onions), ‘puntas de filete a la mexicana’ (Mexican-style tenderloin tips with refried beans and rice) and ‘champiñones al ajillo’ (mushrooms with white wine, guajillo pepper and garlic).

Vermilion is a ‘restaurant and watering hole’ that has been operating in Brownsville since 1934. The restaurant serves a wide array of nachos and appetizers, such as ‘Irish nachos’ (cheese, bacon and sour cream atop steak fries), Vermillion wings and a zucchini melt (steamed zucchini topped with cheese). Other menu items at Vermillion include homemade chili, salads, charbroiled steaks, a roast beef platter, chicken-fried chicken and steak, burgers and sandwiches. Vermillion also serves Mexican specialties, like fajitas, tacos and chalupas. Check out Vermillion’s website to find daily specials like chicken-fried steak, rib eye and fried or boiled fish and shrimp. Vermillion also serves up amazing desserts, like a white-chocolate tuxedo cheesecake and old-fashioned chocolate cake.

Mr. Taco is known as an authentically Mexican, Spanish-speaking ethnic dive with amazingly delectable street-style tacos. With a large array of delicious, made-to-order tacos, Mr. Taco is the perfect place to get one’s Mexican fix. Tacos come loaded with cilantro, cheese, grilled onions and lime. Especialidades sides at Mr. Taco include charro beans, frijoles especiales (charro beans with bistec, avocado and queso fresco) and bean tostadas, and the restaurant also serves Mexican sodas and lemonade.

Spanky’s Burgers, open since 2001, serves delectable, juicy hamburgers made with its own special recipe. Known for its old-fashioned hamburgers and vintage wall decorations, Spanky’s serves burgers, nachos, soups, salads, sandwiches and Mexican dishes. Pair the nacho, Swiss mushroom or avocado burger or the turkey or patty melt sandwich with amazing sides of onion rings, fried mushrooms, wings, French fries or chili-cheese fries. Seafood at Spanky’s includes fish and shrimp baskets, fish sandwiches, fried and grilled shrimp and tuna fish salad. If you’re feeling a Mexican-inspired meal, try Spanky’s beef or cheese enchiladas, chicken flautas or soft or crispy tacos.

For something different in Brownsville, try City Po-Boy House, serving authentic New-Orleans style comfort food cuisine, including large po-boy sandwiches. The owner of City Po-Boy grew up in Houma, Louisiana, and learned to cook the Creole/Cajun dishes found at the restaurant by watching his parents, grandmother, friends and family. Opened in 2013 and run by the owner/chef and his son, City Po-Boys friendly, personal service and delicious food make this place a Brownsville treasure. Menu items include the classic slow-cooked, pulled-roast beef in gravy po-boy served on well-known Gambino’s Bakery French Bread, seafood gumbo, red beans and rice, smoked Andouille sausage, jambalaya, crawfish etouffee and delicious, creamy potato salad.
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