Brad S.

Anahuac is a border city that spans across Nuevo León and Texas. My hopes that this Mexican restaurant's heritage would provide a unique take on its cuisine were largely met with the standard fare that is found at the better places around here. Not that this is a bad thing, especially given its location - the city needs good Mexican food to perpetuate to all of its corners, and Anahuac takes advantage of being the best restaurant of its type that far south on Senaca; the next closest place is El Mexico Cafe - which doesn't really count - and Lalo's, more than a couple of miles up the road. The food is confined to about two dozen platter entrees, so there's no escaping rice and beans. One of those platters includes three tacos, though, so there's still an opportunity to try one of their pretty large list of meats. They have guisados - perhaps one of their few hints towards their Tex-Mex heritage - so I got the verde version of it, along with the barbacoa, which is only available on the weekends. At the recommendation of the lady taking my order, my third taco was the carne asada. There wasn't a lot of gravy in the meat of my guisado taco, but the double-wrapped affair was still tender and had the hints of beef that was marinated in a green sauce. Barbacoa was standard in the way that I've become spoiled by decent barbecued beef. The cut tasted more like a braised brisket, but there were still some good spices in the mix. The carne asada was more tender than I tend to encounter at other restaurants. One notable aspect of Anahuac is the homemade tortillas, which make the difference when they fry them and give them to you with some tomatillo salsa. Even if there was a heavy-handed application of salt to the salsa, it still tasted good on the chips of applied directly to the tacos. Or rice. Or beans. Or mouth. Anahuac isn't far and away better than many of the other places I've encountered, but they're in a good spot and the tortillas, carne asada, and the guisados serve as selling points. They're certainly a good option for Mexican food if you're in the area.