Look at that chunk of beef in Granzin's carne guisada. Barbecue places have an edge on certain tacos over most Tex-Mex restaurants. It's in the meat and it's in the slow cooking over wood fires.
Granzin Bar-B-Q started as a humble drive-through in New Braunfels, just down San Antonio Street from this location. The place was famed at the time for it's ice tea. People came with five-gallon ice-cream buckets to get their tea. Drive north from Walnut Street or south from Seguin Avenue to find Granzin. I-35 has exits at both Walnut and Seguin. After exiting I-35, head west on either street. If you are coming from the west and are not familiar with New Braunfels, continue east on TX-46 which becomes Walnut Street after passing under the loop.
STANDARD SIZE
Country Sausage Taco:
Barbecue places, as I said earlier, have an advantage over traditional Tex-Mex restaurants on some of their tacos. They can put their barbecue on the tacos. And Granzin's barbecue country sausage makes for a mean taco. Note the green salsa. It has a bite that I like.
Bean & Cheese Taco:
This is a traditional favorite of the Texas taco. If you have good refried beans, you have a regular clientele of customers in Texas. Note the red salsa is not as hot as the green here.
Brisket Taco:
Again, the advantage in this taco is the barbecue. Of course, Granzin uses its own smoked brisket and you can elect to have barbecue sauce with your brisket and onion taco. This was a good taco, but next time, I'll listen to the counter help and order the taco with barbecue sauce.
Bacon & Egg Taco:
Though the photo limited the view of the bacon, take my word for it, there was bacon in every bite. This was a good taco. But next time, I'll have them add the cheese.
MONSTER SIZE
A San Antonio expression is the monster taco for those tacos with more than the standard number of ingredients. Here are some of Granzin's monsters.
The Wurst Taco:
Wurst is a term in New Braunfels for German sausage. My guess is that it means more than that, because the place has an annual fall celebration called the Wurst Festival. Here is a link of good German sausage barbecued, sliced and placed in a bed of refried beans with jalapeno peppers. This is my favorite taco here.
Oh, by the way, you may not want to put on the green hot sauce with the jalapenos already there.
The Cowboy Taco:
Yes, there is a cowgirl taco, but I won't get into that one. I know a cowgirl and she could handle this one as well as any cowboy. This one comes with potato, eggs, sausage, and cheese. Though potato on tacos is a favorite of Texas, it's not necessarily of mine. I ate most of the potatoes off of the taco before eating the rest, but that's just a personal preference.
The Granzin Taco:
Did I just tell you that potato on taco is not a favorite of mine. Well, in this case, I lied. This is their carne guisada taco with potatoes. And this combination was wonderful .. and it comes with cheese (see one o'clock in the top of the pic). This is my second favorite taco at Granzin.
LUNCH & DINER
Granzin does serve lunch and dinner as well. For information about lunch and diner, go to www.granzinsbbq.com.
