Julio's

Julio's has been in the Campus area since my collage days.  Although, I never ate there until I came back to Austin in the late 1980's.  It is on Duval next to another Campus Classic, Hyde Park Cafe.  Julio's is famous for their rotisserie Chicken.  It taste great and falls right off the bone.  They serve it with rice, beans and tortilla's.  Usually if just 2 of us eat there, we split a 1/2 chicken plate.  It is more than enough for both of us.  Last night, we had Zach and Abby with us.  Abby had her usual refried beans and tortilla's.  The refrieds looked good.  Just cannot convince Abby to try the chicken.  I know she will love it but in her mind, it is a Mexican restaurant so she has to order what she always gets at Mexican restaurants, beans and torts.   I was still suffering from my 10 mile run earlier in the day and just wasn't that hungry.  I had seen someone eating soup the last time I was there so I decided to try that.  It was really good.  It had big chunks of the rotisserie chicken in it, together with carrots, squash and other vegetables.  Then there was a half of an avocado sliced on top.  It was served with a couple of tortilla's and rice.  It was a big bowl of comfort.  I could only eat about half of the bowl.  Jo had the 1/4 chicken plate and indicated it was tasty as always.  Zach has discovered the Chicken Enchiladas Verdes and really likes them.  I guess making enchiladas with the rotisserie chicken, you cannot go wrong.

They have beer, margarita's and Mexican sodas.  We tried all the different flavors of soda last night.  I had the grapefruit, Jo had orange, Zach had apple and Abby had lime.  We all liked our drinks.

The only negative I can say is that they only take cash.  Luckily, there is an ATM across the street at Fresh Plus.  All the food was great and the next time I need a bowl of chicken soup, I know where I am going.

Doing my part to Keep Austin Weird,

Alan