Gospel Brunch at Maria's Taco Xpress Credit: Photo by John Anderson

Maria’s Taco Xpress

2529 S. Lamar, 444-0261
www.tacoxpress.com
Sunday, noon-2pm

Maria Corbalan’s shrine to trippy folk art and fantastic Mexican food features the Gospel Brunch every Sunday, “hippie church” for the locals, a mainstay of Austin’s Bubbaland elite. Music might be the Imperial Golden Crown Harmonizers, or it could be roots or reggae. Whoever is playing, it’s guaranteed to be soulful and the ideal backdrop for a communion of beer and breakfast tacos. Count on some free flowers for your hair, killer margaritas, and the smoothest Seventies spiritual groove. The patio fills up early, so don’t be late.

This article appears in March 6 • 2009.

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Mick Vann is a retired Austin chef who is a food writer and restaurant critic, cookbook author, restaurant consultant, and recipe developer. He moonlights as a University of Texas horticulturist with a propensity for ethnic eats and international food, particularly of the Asian persuasion, but he also knows his way around a plate of soul food or barbecue.