Interesting that you write it is good for out-of-towners. When I go back for a game my friends who live in Lincoln always want to meet at Tico’s after the game. Living here in Eastern Washington with a Hispanic population that runs about 29% we do not lack good Mexican restaurants. If you ever get a chance try some Mexican food cooked like they do in the state of Oaxaca. Most of the owners of our Mexican restaurants come from Jalisco, but we have one restaurant that specializes in Oaxacan food and it is pretty good. They use a lot of moles.
Agree food snobs can suck, but Ticos is just not that good imo. Not from from an authentic snob point of view. It just is overpriced and meh. Similar to Lees chicken. Might have been good some year. Now just riding that nostalgia train for all it's worth.
We like to avoid "the action". Nothing says gameday downtown like piss soaked restrooms. bad cheeseburgers and lines for a drink.
Over priced? Not in my book. I don't know where those other places are at. All I know is Tico's is good and it's close enough to the stadium to walk to and from the game. Love the seasoned chips and being able to watch a couple of other games in the bar. Always have great service.
I hated it when the one in Omaha closed. I'm sure there's other good places to go in Omaha now but back in the day. Pennsy may consider it TexMex, but the Mexican food is extremely variable from region to region of Mexico. I've got a friend who bought Murdo's below Gavin's Point Dam. He's from an immigrant family and he employs a fair number of Hispanic cooks. During slower times of the year they come up with some really nice authentic "specials" for the regulars who come in on weekends in the off season. Many of the dishes are very similar to what you get at Tico's.
But this kind of makes my point. TexMex has been around a long time. And it has been around long enough that it has actually caught on even in Mexico. It is not authentic “traditional” Mexican food, but it has now actually become a real form of Mexican food even in Mexico. There have been many Mexican immigrants to the United States who went back to Mexico and brought TexMex back with them. So now you see more and more Mexican immigrants who open up authentic Mexican places here in the U.S. who include a lot of TexMex features. My only real point is that I hate it when food snobs sneer at really good TexMex food on the grounds that it isn’t “authentic.” It is damn authentic and damn good when done right. I haven’t been to Ticos in years, but when I used to go there in the 80’s I thought it was pretty good. My only complaint was that they microwaved pre-made dishes too often. You always know it has been nuked when you get your food five minutes after ordering and the inside of your Burrito or Relleno is as hot as the Sun. There is a GREAT TexMex place run by Mexicans near my parent’s house in the Highlands in northwest Lincoln. It is called Hacienda Real.
I gotta admit though I am a huge nacho snob. I love me a good plate of nachos, but if they have that runny queso cheese and not real cheese...that's melted...I'm getting something else.
Julio's in Omaha used to be the sh*t back in the day. Tex-Mex can be outstanding.....
Liked even though I'm referred to as "the guy above".
I live by Southpointe and the Hacienda Real their is fantastic IMO
They do have a shuttle that drops you off at the stadium from SouthPointe. Go to Hacienda Real and get shitty then catch a lift to the game.
