La Plancha is a fast-casual counter service concept specializing in inspired Mexican street food. We are known for our Tortas (Mexican street sandwiches). Order online for take-out or dine-in in our first come first serve dining areas.
"The casual Mexican restaurant in the Blackland neighborhood offers up a whole bunch of excellent tortas for lunch, dinner, and even brunch (there’s a chilaquiles torta!). Takeout and delivery orders can be placed online; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services." - Nadia Chaudhury, Erin Russell
"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
