La Plancha
Restaurant · Blackland
1701 E Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Unit 101, Austin, TX 78702, USA
Highlights
Mexican street food specializing in tortas, tacos, and churros
Mexican street food specializing in tortas, tacos, and churros
"This Blackland restaurant serves Mexican tortas with bold flavors and soft, warm bread. The menu includes brisket barbacoa, al pastor with grilled pineapple, Buffalo fried chicken, and a smoky burger-style torta. Breakfast features a chilaquiles torta, while a vegetarian option showcases a quinoa and black bean patty. Each sandwich arrives with house-pickled jalapeños and escabeche, accompanied by fries as a side option. Online orders make it quick and easy to get a delicious sandwich here." - Darcie Duttweiler
"La Plancha is located on East MLK, right next to Fabrik. The focus here is tortas, with both classic and less-conventional combinations that include everything from beef brisket barbacoa and carnitas to a version with fried chicken and buffalo sauce. There’s also tacos, quesadillas, other small bites, and a nice patio out front to enjoy it all on. photo credit: Nicolai McCrary" - Nicolai McCrary
"The Central East Austin torta restaurant is dipping into the holiday tamale game this season. It’ll offer half-dozen and full dozen tamales with either brisket or a vegan with black beans/onions/poblano rajas. Order can be placed via Instagram direct message with the quality, email, and phone number. The deadline is Friday, December 15 at 6 p.m. with pickups on Wednesday, December 20 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m." - Nadia Chaudhury
"At La Plancha on East MLK, they seem to follow a loose interpretation of what constitutes a torta. Because while you can get one stuffed with more classic fillings like brisket barbacoa or pulled pork carnitas (which is basically a Cuban sandwich), you can also get varieties with buffalo fried chicken or wagyu beef patties. Whatever you want to call them, the sandwiches are tasty—packed full of meat on a warm crusty bolillo roll, and served with pickled jalapenos and escabeche. Show up for brunch, and you can even get one stuffed with chilaquiles. " - raphael brion, nicolai mccrary
"The Blackland Mexican restaurant’s tortas are served with pickled jalapenos and escabeche (Mexican-style pickled vegetables) made in-house. As the name suggests, everything is made-to-order cooked on a plancha, a flat-top grill). The new-school tortas range from a jazzed-up version of the torta cubana with the La Three Little Pigs, full of pulled pork carnitas, smoked bacon, ham, chorizo, Oaxaca cheese, and dijonnaise; to the La Tejana, a barbacoa torta with avocado, crema, and queso fresco. It also offers a vegan black bean burger option with quinoa served on a bolillo. Indoor dining and online ordering are available." - Clara Wang
