Tyler's Taste of Texas

576 N. 2nd Street
El Cajon

On a mission to fill up the fuel tank for my grill, I was in the neighborhood of Taste of Texas. It was about lunch time, so I decided to drop in and order something to go. If you want to instantly transport yourself to a truck stop somewhere on a lonely Texas highway, this is the place to go. It's full of stuff that says "I'm in Texas". There is a lot of variety on the menu here trying to serve up breakfast, lunch, and dinner, Texas style. They even have a bakery.

I've usually ordered up some version of a combination plate at a lot of the other BBQ places the Good Brothers have reviewed, but I guess I just wasn't hungry enough to try that this time. I ordered a bbq beef sandwich with some coleslaw to go. The sandwich was pretty darn big for the money, unfortunately, the taste was not so big. The filling on this sandwich was chopped bits of yesterday's beef swimming in a dark, sweet BBQ sauce. I was happy to see that I didn't get a BK bun on this one, instead it was a large onion sub roll. The coleslaw was not what I would call good. It was like it had been rinsed a few times then clumped up into my styrofoam container.

Texas is legendary for great BBQ, but I guess you'll have to pack up the wagon and go there to get it because I don't think you'll find it at Taste of Texas. If you make it to the real Texas, can you order up some BBQ for me too?

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