5 /5 Miguel Mendias: A must stop. I live in Marfa but I drive Hwy 90 a lot and I stop every chance I get. Simply the best breakfast tacos you’ll find anywhere. And very reasonably priced I think.
My first time at Darla’s was years ago (probably around the time they first opened?) and it totally took me by surprise. To be honest, I did not expect her to make food like my abuelita & tias made it (from SCRATCH) but she does and it’s delicious and it’s always super fresh. That’s just pretty hard to find nowadays. It tastes like it should to me, and that’s saying a lot bc I’m Mexican-American from a family of great cooks, and have serious opinions about food. In Marfa we like our salsa hot ; ), actually made from chiles not just tomato, and made fresh with good ingredients. Darla had the best salsa maybe on Hwy 90, I’m not even kidding. I’ve been driving from Las Cruces to San Antonio my whole life, I go to all the old timer haunts like my dad did, and I just love this place.
It’s always been really consistent, other than the wait time which can vary. Go early if you want to make it before she runs out. I like the Big Tex (RIP?) and the Migas tacos, but I’ll do egg, cheese,& potato too and change it up all the time, beans or no beans, bean & cheese etc. It’s cool I can do corn tortillas here because I’m actually allergic to wheat. I love sitting outside with my dog and enjoying the morning air. Lots of nice memories of this place. My brother goes now more than I get to.
Darla could make a killing in Marfa. Ramona at Marfa Burrito keeps threatening to leave and I hope that never happens but if she does…