El Primo

El Primo is a Mexican restaurant in South Austin serving authentic Mexican cuisine, with tacos and burritos as the core of the menu. The family's business began in 2004 as a food court stall at Dobie Mall near the University of Texas campus, and the family has owned it ever since.

Jose Luis Perez runs the restaurant with his siblings, Juan Luis and Ana Bertha, who work together from the kitchen to the register. The restaurant is open on weekdays and Saturdays with shorter hours on Saturday, and it is closed on Sundays. It sits on South 1st Street in Austin.