I was incredibly fortunate in my second marriage to get a mother-in-law who I adored, and who adored me. Unfortunately, she had spent the better part of the 20 years prior keeping the wolf away from the door by the time I met her. The wolf—cancer—had attacked her breasts, brain, and at the end, her […]

The story starts with Tim, my now husband, moving to Austin from Boston in 1995. He went on a date with a local who stated Manuel’s restaurant had the best Mexican food in town and he ordered fajitas for them. It was his very first time having real Mexican food. He loved it so very

On a February day of the Austin snowmageddon, my husband and I came to eat at Manuels. You were open! The water feature outside was frozen It was lovely, cozy, warm good food. And a great memory of an otherwise cold day.

My two friends and I meet once a month to celebrate our long friendship of 50 years. We arrive at 11:00 and always seated at a quiet corner booth do that we can share what’s been happening in our lives since our last meeting. This is precious time together to laugh, cry, support and love

My favorite Manuel’s story repeats every time I visit with my dear friend, Jo Annah. For years we have met for lunch to celebrate birthdays, friendship, whatever and we ALWAYS order our favorite Manuel’s lunch: delicious Campechana with 2 small spinach salads. The atmosphere is always perfect – inside or on the patio. Congratulations on

Manuel’s is the best choice of authentic Mexican cuisine in Austin. The excellent staff is welcoming and I know them by name. My family and I go to Manuel’s for special occasions, but we most often go on the spur of the moment. Manuel’s menu reminds me of dishes that I grew up with since

Although I have not lived in Austin in 30 years (and only visited twice since leaving), I felt it was time to come back to see what I have missed. For me, this consisted of three things: Friends, Food and Fun. It was suggested that a good central meeting place was Manuels. I had never

My sister and I love to go there, the food is amazing! 💙💚❤️🩷

I have such fond memories of Manuel’s happy hour pre-pandemic and miss it so much. My family of 4 with two young children spent our Friday evenings there hundreds of times. We always ordered chile con queso and Baja taquitos to share. My son would always order quesadillas and inevitably would eat three orders before

I was recently there for dinner with a dear friend of mine. I asked our amazing server, Esther, what she recommended. We ended up with the camarones Veracruzana. (SO DELICIOUS!) I noticed Esther had an accent, so I asked where she was from thinking she was from Mexico. She definitely is not from Mexico, but