Licha's Cantina

Tex-Mex, First Plates Winner Lower East

1306 E. Sixth, 512/480-5960

www.lichascantina.com

Photo by John Anderson

The small menu is packed with inventive cuisine, a combination of street-food staples and popular cantina dishes, with a quality that shows from the first bite of chips and salsa.

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Chronicle Reviews

Good Mexico City Food Has a Home on the Eastside

There's still room for improvement, but so far we're enchanted with Licha's Cantina

Claudia Alarcón, May 22, 2014

Best of Austin Awards

2015: Critics Best Dessert for People Who Don't Like Dessert (Tres Leches at Licha's Cantina)

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