Trudy's (Austin, TX)
The food at Trudy's, as you may know, is almost unfailingly good, but something terrible happened when they got to the nachos. A five dollar plate of nachos consists of eight large tortilla chips arranged artfully on the plate. Each has a tiny bit of cheese, a glop of Trudy's disturbingly lard-flavored refried beans, some gloomy canned jalapenos, and a ring or two of olive. They had to be salted, and then the chips were soggy under the pressing weight of the lard beans, and while some people may like sour cream, I felt that two round blobs of it in the middle of the plate in no way compensated for the absence of guacamole, especially on such a dismal dish. However I wouldn't wish to give the impression that you shouldn't go to Trudy's because they have very good, very volatile margaritas (I indulged, myself, in the house limit of two Mexican Martinis recently--for only seventy five cents each you can get them top shelf, and I recommend this, because today I don't have a hangover). And everything but the nachos is well worth getting. But the nachos are appalling.
Editor's postscript: I tried to find some online evidence of Trudy's, but all I found were general directories, listing at least 4 Trudy's restaurants in Austin. In any case, this review is hardly an endorsement, though those martinis sound awfully alluring.
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