Eat · Garth / I-10

El Toro

Homemade tortillas and the green sauce locals argue about. Family-owned since 1960.

Open · 11am–9pm· Verified Sep 2026

El Toro

El Toro is the Tex-Mex default on Garth — a Ybarra family restaurant since 1960, tortillas made in-house, and a green sauce that regulars will defend in a parking lot. It is loud, fast, and better than the national chains sandwiching it.

Weekdays it is lunch onward (11 a.m.). Saturday and Sunday open at 9 for the breakfast-adjacent plates. There is also a Bayway location (7529 Bayway Dr) if you are already on the water; this listing is the Garth room most people mean.

  • homemade tortillas
  • green sauce
  • since 1960
  • fajitas

Order this

Breakfast plates Saturday–Sunday. Fajitas after dark. Always the green sauce.

Local tip. Official hours start at 11 on weekdays. Don’t show up at 7 a.m. expecting breakfast tacos here.

Nearby / related

AmericanOpen

Garth Road’s reliable grill — burgers, brick-oven pizza, a cold Texas beer after a shift.

4601 Garth Rd #100$$

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