Breakfast Tacos



The Taco Taco sign



Any Trinity student will tell you, you might get tried of Coates pizza and you might get sick of Mabee pasta if you eat too much of it, but you will never get tired of breakfast tacos. Before I came to San Antonio I had never really eaten a breakfast taco. Now I eat them every day. My personal favorite is a chorizo taco with bacon and cheese. And breakfast tacos are not just served at the Trinity dining halls; they are also served at restaurants in San Antonio. The best place to get a breakfast taco off campus, in my opinion and in the opinions of most of my classmates, is at Taco Taco. Taco Taco is a short distance from campus and serves great tacos as well as other delicious food. Another reason to go to Taco Taco, besides the great food, is that it is pretty inexpensive, which is great for a college student.

If you like breakfast tacos at Trinity then you will definitely like them at Taco Taco. It is a popular restaurant not just with Trinity students but with everyone from San Antonio. Although considering our close proximity to the restaurant, we probably make up a high percentage of its customers. It is so popular in fact that the line to be seated is often out the door, although the wait is never very long and always worth it.

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Eating on Campus



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While there are many great places to eat in San Antonio, not every student has access to a car or can afford to eat outside their meal plan. Luckily, there is plenty to eat on campus. Trinity has two main dining halls: Mabee and the Commons, usually just called Coates because it is located inside the student center. Over the past year at Trinity, I have come to find that the key to eating at a dining hall, at Trinity or otherwise is to be creative. I started off my freshman year eating the same basic three meals: a sausage biscuit from Coates for breakfast, a quesadilla from Mabee for lunch, and pasta, usually with pesto or meat sauce for dinner. I quickly found that eating the same basic food everyday was a generally bad idea. One clear sign that my eating habits had become a little too habitual was that many of the Aramark employees knew what I wanted before I ordered it. Since then I have constantly been trying to come up with creative sandwiches or interesting salads.



Another thing that is good about eating on campus are the people who work there. One of my favorites is Philip, who works at the breakfast all day station. He is always talkative, asking about your day as he makes your omlette or scrambled eggs. Aramark employees are generally very friendly and enthusiastic, which is good considering the regular basis on which we interact with them.

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