Mi Tradicion

Great old school Mexican bakery. When you get fresh stuff off the shelf, it’s amazing. Those churros! Unfortunately, they leave a lot of stuff on the shelf for longer than they should, so occasionally you’ll pick up something that is super stale. It’s cheap though, so just get a bunch of stuff and you’re bound to pick a winner.

Love this place!!! It takes me back to my childhood when I used to walk around the corner from my house to the bakery in Bellavista, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua.
The smells are nostalgic and I instantly feel attracted like a magnet to the muffins in the red cupcake wrapping paper. I suddenly feel a child again and feel like crying because it has been more than 25 years since I have seen those muffins. I know I will never, ever, ever find that pan blanco dusted with flour and so dense when you bite it it becomes like the texture of a brownie, but Mi Tradicion will ALWAYS remind me de mi Mexico lindo y querido. Mi Tradicion brings me closer to home and I can take my kids here and tell them stories about why mommy likes a specific type of sweet bread without worrying about their safety.
BTW, the capuccino tres leches cakes is heavenly. Its a cake that is drenched in three different type of milks (I think, not saying this are the ingredients they use but this are the ingredients my mom used, they are evaporized milk, maybe condensed milk, and La Lechera: a sweet and thick consistency milk) then coffee is added as second layer of flavors… its $ 3.99 but its a very generous size.
Don’t be afraid to try it. Delicious flavors and low prices don’t need to be translated :).

Popped in today from breakfast and what a great choice it was. The inside has two sides — one for bakery and one for a restaurant. We got our goodies from the bakery but will be back to try the tacos on the other side.
The bakery is awesome. One of the largest selections I’ve ever seen. There are three walls lined with open and glass closed cabinets holding savory to sweet. In the middle you grab a tray and tongs and get hunting. I loved being able to look around and pick out own own items. They also have a menu of items behind the check out counter that I believe are made to order. Fresh tortillas were also being made in one corner.
We get an awesome selection for only $ 8. Two very large sausage Kolaches ($ 1.50), spicy chicken empanadas ($ 1.75) and three huge rolls ($.40 each). Check out the photos to see our goods. Once you grab your picks, head to the counter to get your goodies packaged and to pay. They do take credit card. All were delicious. Kolaches were more of a biscuit like dough which we liked. Chicken was spicy and tasty.
Staff was friendly, place was clean and again huge selection of goods.
We will definitely be back. Highly recommend stopping by here.
Oh and it’s on the far left, around the corner in the strip center of you have the highest to your back.

One hundred stars for this place! We decided to try another taco shop tonight and I felt like I was cheating on Mi Tradicion. Never again, my love!
The baked goods are cheap, plentiful, and delicious. The taco plates are filling, and don’t waste space on any of the nonsense rice and beans. You came for the tacos, eat the tacos! Do you have more space? MORE TACOS! The specialty plates aren’t actually plates… They’re just an extra taco and more delicious taco toppings. Try the Alambre. Mind. Blown.
I haven’t tried their tortas, maybe one day if I forget tacos are a thing.
Also: cheap. For $ 10 + tip, my fiancé and I can get legitimately full here. For $ 20, we can turn into giant people-​esque balloons and roll around in pain while wondering why we insisted on eating enough food to feed a small village.
I love this place!

Had the Tortas and the Huaraches, the Al pastor was spicey and sweet like pineapple food is amazing, Aguas Fresca’s, bakery who can ask for more. This will be my go to spot for my Mexican fix. NUYORICAN OUT!!!

Very impressive wide array of Mexican pan dulces! Bakery staff busy baking and filling shelves all day, so all items are freshly baked daily. Conchas, savory empanadas were scrumptious. Churros are better purchased earlier in the day … after being disappointed with the churros texture when I purchased a few in the later afternoon, I passed by in the morning the next day to try churros again and found them much better. The ones I purchased in the afternoon tasted great but the texture made the churros hard and chewy instead of crisp. Looking forward to visiting again to check out their restaurant’s offerings … heard from a loyal customer that the tortas are EXCELLENT. We’ll see!

Haven’t had the food but the pan dulce is the BOMB! Only place I will buy from from now on and I love in Georgetown! !

This is the best authentic Mexican food I have found living in Austin. They have tortas, tacos, flautas, quesadillas and huaraches made with fresh blue corn tortillas. Food is delicious and made right in front of you, it’s inexpensive and the best I’ve had so far. I recommend this place if you’re tired or tex-​mex or the not so great tacos trucks.

Bakery selection is amazing! Tortas are delicious. Tacos are awesome! What more can I say? It’s certainly worth your time!

My daughter told me about this place and I spent about 30 minutes driving back and forth and around the parking lot looking for it. It’s around the corner! I don’t speak any Spanish so I couldn’t really tell you what’s on the menu or what bakery items were. But everything looked good! I picked out an assortment of pastries to take the kiddos and headed to the counter where it looked like you could order a taco.
I couldn’t read anything so I asked for a chicken taco. The lady didn’t understand me so we had to wait for the manager who spoke English. They don’t have chicken tacos! Weird, but my daughter said it was like home (Los Angeles) and I was desperate for a fix, so I ordered pork tacos.
They were delicious!!! The hot sauce was very good. Later on, the pastries were enjoyed by the kids.
The only reason I gave 4 stars instead of 5 is because the lack of English made it very difficult for me to know my choices on the menu.

Just finished the torta Cubana and have to say, it’s one of the best I have ever had. As always the mexican bakery is very good. Stop in for the tacos or tortas, you won’t be disappointed.

Hidden Mexican street food gem in a Tex-​Mex dominated city. The menu is what you would find in Mexico City. Simple, handmade, great food. Tortillas are made in-​house.
My go-​to are the tortas de milanesa in a bolillo. My wife loves the tostadas de picadillo.
Aguas frescas are a great way to beat the heat and super affordable.
I’m still working my way through the menu so not sure if I can say I have a favorite yet.
Seating is limited but have always found a place to sit. Don’t forget to take a cruise through the bakery.

I went here several months ago with my boyfriend after a spin class. Let’s just say we might have been a little too hungry.
For food we had a rueban and tacos al pastor and they were very good. Also they have delicious fresh squeezed juice that’s kinda pricey but worth it for the taste.
The bakery is where we went crazy. You get a baking sheet and start filling up so we got a large variety to eat over the next several days (or gone by next day as it turned out… oops). I especially like light bread type pastries so the sugared donuts were my favorite. It was my first time trying Mexican sweet breads and those were quite good as well.
I love the feel when you walk in (both clean and lots of cultural character) and it was a very unique experience for someone who had never been to a Mexican bakery before. I keep meaning to go back but next time I’ll have to remember just because the baking sheets for selecting pastries are large, it didn’t mean you have to fill it up :)

I’ve had Mi Tradicion bookmarked for a while and finally got a chance to go there for lunch this weekend.
A large space that’s half bakery, half restaurant. Of note, the bakery section has a few savory/​warm items that I wish I had known about before making a decision. Well, that’s just an excuse to go back now isn’t it?
I had an al pastor taco and a carne asada (bistec) taco along with a gigantic horchata. The tacos were delicious. I’ve never seen al pastor with such red vibrant colors! The horchata was just okay.
I wish I had more room in my belly for a slice of tres leches cake, but the slice looked too big to handle. I settled on a piece of pan dulce which was also tasty.
Definitely making this a staple in my rotation!

Es la segunda ves q compro pan dulce y empanadas de chicharrón, son una delicia las recomiendo, yo vengo da Dallas y cada vez q vengo a Austin es el lugar a donde voy primero, todo muy bueno.

I came here finally after seeing an in depth showcase on television and getting a recommendation from a co worker. Service got much better when I started speaking Spanish. This was my first time and I wandered around allocating my choices in my head without getting greeted or acknowledged. I figured let me try speaking in Spanish and see if I can get some love… worked much better.
I ordered tacos al pastor with cheese. These were very flavorful and authentically made not that I’m an authentic Mexican, but I’m cultured enough and been a few places to know the real when I taste it. If you’re of the Taco Bell persuasion this spot won’t be for you. This passed my get my feet wet test and I’ll return to try other items on the menu.
The bakery had many delights and I love pastries. I picked up a little of this and little of that. Sorry my eagerness disabled me to remember names for my review. However I sampled a good selection and they were all fresh and flavorful. This is a far cry from picking up a cheese danish at Starbucks. The bakery is in open view so you can see the workers baking.
Overall this is a great spot for treats like tacos, tortas, baked goods like pan dulces, pastries, donuts, flan, cheesecake, etc. The prices were affordable and I’m already spreading the word. It’s a shame I procrastinated on visiting this long!

Mi Tradicion (former known as «Chuy’s. No, the Mexican one.») is one of my favorite places. It’s half bakery, half hot food. I’ll review the two separately.
Bakery:
Believe it or not, they have my favorite jalapeño, cheese, sausage kolache. I like that the best place to Czech pastry in Texas is at a Mexican restaurant. What a world! But seriously, if you come here, you have to try this kolache. No one believes me until they eat it but I promise it’s awesome. The only way it could improve would be the bread were a little better but the sausage is perfect.
All the other baked goods are kind of whatever. I imagine that if you really like panaderias then this would meet your expectations. Personally, though, I don’t really like Mexican style baked goods. It’s not really fair for me to rate them on a genre of food I don’t like and the kolache is so good that they still deserve 5 stars.
Hot food:
The submarino is my go-​to and has to be one of the best deals in Austin. You’re probably thinking «What is a submarino and why are you eating a navy vessel?» and those are solid questions. The submarino consists for 8 corn (or flour, I guess, but why would you do that?) tortillas covered with about a pound of EVERY MEAT (steak, pastor, bacon, and mushroom — yes, I know that one is not a meat), covered in melted cheese, served with a spicy red sauce and cool green sauce. The feint-​hearted could likely split this dish but at around $ 7.50 it’s a steal.
They also some taco plates that are good but you really want to stick to the specialty plates.

I love everything about this place. The food is freshly prepared. You can sit at the bar/​window and watch them cook your food which is always fun. And it’s all delicious. I’ve tried the cubano torta, the steak tacos, the tacos al pastor, the chicken and potato quesadilla, the pork skin quesadilla, and the squash quesadilla. Every single one of those dishes was outstanding, but I think my favorite is the squash quesadilla. It’s just so simple and perfectly done.
Despite the fact that my Spanish is lacking and that has caused a few miscommunications, the service is great and the staff is very friendly. Now, it is a pretty small spaced seating can be difficult during rush times. I recommend going for a late lunch as it clears out a bit.
After your meal you HAVE to walk over to the bakery side. There are cases and cases of beautiful, delicious sweetbreads. Grab a tray and some tongs and go wild! Try as much as you can. They will bag it all up for you and it won’t hurt your wallet. The pastries are very affordable!
Speaking of affordable… on our last trip there, we got one torta, 2 quesadillas, and drinks for about $ 15. Then we got a big bag full of sweetbreads and cookies to take home from the bakery for $ 8. You really can’t beat that, especially with the high quality of the food.
This really is a wonderful little gem of a restaurant. And it’s firmly in my top five Austin favorites.

This place is legit. When you walk in you’ll find the bakery section to the left where you can get an array of quality baked goods (including their empanadas which I highly recommend). To the right you’ll find their dining area where you can get an array of traditional ((huraches, tlacoyos, sope…) and not so traditional (their «sausage» looks like hot dog to me) Mexican hot and tasty bites.
The bakery side reminded me of some bakeries I’ve been to in Mexico and Costa Rica where you grab a tray and tongs then scoop up what ever you like and bring it to the counter to pay. In the world of empanadas the filing is crucial, but equally as crucial as the filling is what that filling is housed in. I’ve found 2 distinctive styles for the outter crust of an empanada. For me, my hands down favorites are the ones that are pastry like where the crust is croissant esque. The others are too dense and doughy for my liking. Here they have the good stuff. Soft, buttery pastry dough with a nice cirspness on the outer edge. I got their picadillo empanada and it was real good. I thought I’d snack on half of it while awaiting my tacos. I devoured the whole thing in a minute. It had just the right amount of kick too. They had a number of other ones I’ll definitely be back to try.
I also got 3 tacos of their tacos: bistec, al pastor, and chicharon. Each had good flavor, but I’d probably put them in order of my favorite being the chicharon, then the pastor, then the bistec. I would get all 3 again. I was a bit surprised by the chicharon as the countless times I’ve had chicharon before it’s always been crispy. For this taco, it wasn’t crispy at all. The pieces of pork skin were super soft and tender. It wasn’t the texture I was expecting and it threw me off at first, but it wan’t bad. It may not be for everyone, but the sauce/​marinade it was cooked in is along with the good flavor from the skin is what made it really really good. Oh and the price for all 3 tacos was $ 5.41. I will caution that to be full you may need 4 or more as their pretty small, but between the 3 tacos and the empanada I was a happy boy.
Service was quick, staff was nice and I enjoyed watching them cook while I was eating. Everything seems to be cooked fresh to order. They have a plethora of other items to chose from including their cubana torta which looked to be the most popular items as they were cooking up a ton of them. It’s a monstrous torta including breaded steak, ham, sausage, cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, avocado, jalapeños, beans and chipotle mayonnaise. That’d be one for another visit. Maybe tomorrow.

Came here for lunch with some coworkers after another friend recommended it to me. This place is half restaurant and half bakery. For lunch I had the potato and chicken quesadilla and it was very good. I made the mistake of getting only one. So if you want to get the quesadilla then I would recommend getting two. The prices here are really good. It is very inexpensive and the food is quality.
Of course we also had to get some stuff from the bakery too. They have a really big selection and they have plenty of sweet treats. I got some chocolate chip cookies, a chocolate filled churro (amazing), and this pineapple tart thing. They were all excellent. They also had a good selection of cakes etc in the refrigerated case by the register. Oh yeah, they had samples of the cake too which is always nice.
Overall this is a solid, authentic Mexican bakery. Nothing but good stuff here.

A Mexican bakery on one side and quick lunch spot for tortas and tacos on the other. When you walk in, your olfactory nerve is bombarded the delightful smell of baked breads. The choices are endless. They have a large selection of pan dulces, empanadas, bolillos, flan, pastels and ice creams. You can special order cakes for birthdays and other celebrations. The pastries are huge and range from about $ 0.70-$ 1.50. Pick up a bag of day old pastries for $ 1.00.
The savory part of the restaurant is also a must try. I ate the torta al pastor today and it was fantastic. The bread was butter-​toasted on the inside and soft with a slightly chewy texture. The toasting of the inside prevented it from getting soggy. We also had the steak tacos, alambre and pork enchiladas. Each taco is double-​wrapped and comes with a fresh, spicy green salsa and an earthy red salsa. The meat fillings for the tacos were coarsely minced so it’s very tender and full of flavor.
Humble, tasty food for a very low price. Order at the counter, grab a seat and wait for your name to be called. Don’t forget to pick up a spork at the counter. You’ll need it.