El Paisa - Colleyville

I had driven past this place many, many times and kept wanting to try it. Well, the wife and I decided to check it out for breakfast one morning.  They have a drive through but we went inside to get the full experience.  We took a few minutes to check over and figure out the menu. It was our first time there you know so our bearings were a little off.  I ordered Huevos Rancheros and she ordered a couple of the breakfast tacos.  I think our bill was like $6 with a drink. Crazy low prices. So far so good.  The kitchen seemed a little scattered at first but things settled down pretty quickly.  We were not sure of the protocols of the place so we grabbed a booth and checked around to see what was going on. 

Our food came out pretty fast which we like when we order breakfast.  My heuvos were excellent. The "ranchero" sauce was flavorful and spicy but not too spicy (and I like spicy!) and the eggs were just how I like them.  The breakfast tacos were also very good. She had one bacon and one sausage. I tried a bite of both and each was tasty and satisfying.   Behind the counter they have a few sauces in squeeze bottles. Be sure to grab these with your food. The green has a nice kick and the red/orange has a great flavor.

So breakfast was a success...

We made it a point to go back and get something off the dinner menu.  This time we tried the drive through service.  With a little bit of a communication error at first (the order takers English wasn't great and my wife is the whitest white girl when it comes to Spanish) but we got our order in.  I had the beef enchilada plate and my wife had the flauta plate.  Flautas in Texas don't follow any specific rule.  They can be beef, chicken or pork and come in corn or flour variations.  Personally, a flauta should be a flour tortilla and a taquito should be a corn tortilla...but that's just me.  Add on some chips and salsa and two drinks and we might have broken the $10 barrier....maybe.   Our food came out pretty fast for being made to order.  The bags were heavier than I expected.  We hit the road and headed home to see what we were getting into.

The flautas were great. Crispy but not overcooked with plenty of rice and beans.  I found the beans to be better than some of the big restaurants around the area. My enchiladas were surprisingly good.  I stated before I was a bit of a snob with enchiladas but all I could think while I was eating it was "how did they make this sauce?"!  Vibrant orange in color I couldn't think of what could make that color. It wasn't a cascabel. It wasn't spicy but it had a great flavor and the consistency was really nice.  The enchiladas were stuffed with a seasoned ground beef that was very good also.  Again, plenty of rice and beans to go along.  Even with just 2 enchiladas in the plate I was quite satisfied after I finished.  They  also have really good chips and salsa. The salsa has a nice kick to it. Loved it.  I used the leftover salsa to make my own Huevos con Salsa a couple days later. 

We love this place.  I keep wanting to stop in and find out how they make that sauce. At this time I would say they get a 5 out of 5. No complaints, good food and good service both inside and at the drive through.

Just a note...the El Paisa in Grapevine is only a Taqueria and they don't make anything onsite there. You have to go to the Colleyville or Bedford location for anything other than tacos.