Tortas El Guero

The torta Cubana slams!!! Milaneza, pierna, salchicha and Jamin,-HAM-PLUS tomatoes, onions, avacado, cheese chipotle sauce, and jalapenos,!!! 100% Mexico City style.
Love It! MUST HIT UP !!!:)

These are great tortas. A friend of mine and I went by here after enjoying Nomad’s happy hour (the synergy between drunk food and newly-​drunk people has got to be one of the most fertile entrepreneurial territories in Austin or anywhere), and were quite impressed.
He got a #2 Napolitana for $ 6, which came with milanesa, pork leg, ham, and cheese, plus the usual fillings. I got a #6 Diabla for $ 7, which came with milanesa, chorizo, ham, cheese, and eggs.
They came out in less than 10 minutes, huge, fresh, and smelling great in their large crusty rolls. We did the obligatory halfsies trade, doused our respective torta chunks in their (excellent) hot sauce, and enjoyed some great drunk food. Not quite as good as the ones at Mi Tradicion, but then Mi Tradicion isn’t stumbling distance away from a bar, either.

Great tasting tortas around. Made just like you find in Mexico city, D.F., The menu is very small and limited but it makes for quick and speedy service. Eating here is very limited; only two picnic benches. Most customers take theirs to go. I intend to stay there, enjoy my meal with nice weather, and indulge in small talk with other customers or owner.

This place is great. The tortas are on point and the sauces he has are tasty. White people like to complain about stupid little shit at places like this and they don’t even know how the god damn food is supposed to be. They don’t come from the culture so how can they be the authority on Mexican cuisine?! I’m sick of these babies! This place rules get over it!

I REALLY wanted to like this place. I’ve driven past it so many times and wanted to stop. Finally the other night I had my chance. I parked my scooter while being stared at by the customers (evidently they don’t get many customers on scooters). I went up to the trailer to look at the menu board, understanding most, but not all of the Spanish. I was just about to look up a mysterious word or two on my handy iPhone translation app when a very nice man that was waiting for his order pointed out they also had a menu board in English. I smiled and thanked him but was grumbling inside about not getting to use my new app.
Anyway, I ordered the Napolitana torta (breaded steak, pork, ham, cheese). I’ve had several tortas around town and these were different. Personally, not my style. It didn’t taste bad, just not anything I would go back and try again. I give them 3 stars instead of 2 because they were very nice and their food stand was a cool school short bus :)

Tortas El Guero was around before food trucks were cool. These guys have been doing their mini-​school bus thing for well on a couple of years. I’ve always been impressed by the quality of the food they’re pumping out of this spot.
This last go round I got a quesadilla with fajita and a sincronizada. The quesadilla was gigantic, stuffed full of fajita, beans, jalapenos and tomatoes. The flavor on those babies is reminiscent of Mexico… and not of dry chicken breast and mozzarella like most places where you order up that particular item. Their sincronizada is different than what I’m used to – but equally tasty. Ham, cheese and beans between two flour tortillas. Dip it in their legendary green salsa or the smokier tomato based one and it’s all you can do not to cram more in your pie hole.
Prices are great — those two items costing me $ 8 — and they are ready super fast. Definitely a stop to make if you’re at Nomad or Animal Trustees for a filling, inexpensive, local meal.

Yet another entry in the ever expanding food truck scene in Austin. I expected tacos but was pleasantly surprised by El Guero. Although they do have a few tacos on the menu, they specialize in Mexico City style tortas, which are basically some really big sandwiches with a load of toppings. Having never experienced an authentic Mexico City style torta, I asked what was recommended and the cook advised to order a #1 and a #7. The #1 consists of cuban breaded steak, shredded pork leg, ham, franks (yes, hotdogs), mozzarella cheese and some veggies. Yes, all that stuff on one sandwich! The #7 is chlanga steak, chorizo, cheese and veggies. All sandwiches are served with pickled jalapenos (on them or on the side) and are accompanied by a very spicy chipotle sauce. All tortas are served on really good bread, which is lightly toasted and buttered.
I can’t speak to how authentic these are, or what the difference between a Cuban style torta and a Mexico City style torta is, but they were really tasty. They are also huge!
Mexican Cokes and Fanta are available and they have a number of covered tables for your dining pleasure. Have a torta and then walk over the Nomad’s for a nightcap.
Really different for taco truck fare and quite good. They have a wide range of toppings, so check the menu picture I uploaded.