Texas Chili Parlor

My favorite spot in all of Austin. Great service, hard-to-beat prices, *delicious* food. Mad Dog Margaritas are iconic. The “Habanero Beef & Pinto Bean Chili” is some of the best, most addicting chili you’ll ever have. They’ve got a great variety of chilis & all sorts of other menu items. Pictured: pork chop dinner smothered in queso & habanero chili, cheese nachos w/ habanero chili (jalapeños on the side), two Mad Dogs (:

It's a rundown looking restaurant that resembles a dive bar but serves some good food. For starter I ordered the tostadas and salsa to start and it was spicy but delicious homemade salsa with some crispy chips. For main I ordered the chili sampler of white pork, venison, and black bean beef sausage chili. Venison and white pork were ok, just bland bowls of soup, but the black bean beef sausage one was very good, full of flavor without being spicy. I also got the gumbo sampler and that was delicious also. I was warned not you get the habanero beef and pinto beans because it's the spiciest thing they have in the whole restaurant, so don't order unless you can handle it. The bathroom was pretty nasty and the scenery is tacky but if you only care about trying some good chili then you should come

Nice little chili place. Went on a Wednesday evening and had to wait for maybe 15 minutes. The staff is friendly and the chili tasted good. It's not the best chili but a solid one. My only complaint is the large chili portion is a little too small. I would not recommend any of the fountain drinks because the ones we had had a strong chlorine taste. The water and the rest of the drinks were fine though.

So I got the sampler with the black bean, venison and pork chili and also got a chuck beef frito pie to try to sample everything. The black bean one was my favorite. All of them were unique. I didn't care for the chunky pulled pot roast style meat in the chucky beef one but the heat was very good. The restaurant it self is more of a ran down dive vat style than a restaurant. I would definitely come back though!

Always support local! This place has been in Austin for a bit and is know for its Chili. We went for lunch and had the burgers. It’s an old school burger, tastes great, and hits the mark. No fries, they have chips. The chili selection is plentiful and there is a full bar. Several people coming in on their lunch break.