Wednesday, 7pm, My son and I decided to grab torchy's tacos before we had handel's ice cream. There was only a couple of people ahead of us in line so it didn't take too long to order at the counter.

For a Yelp Elite review of an Austin icon like Torchy's, the key is to lean into your "local expert" voice--acknowledging that while it's a massive chain now, the consistency and specific "hacks" are

Take-out orders incomplete last several times. Food sloppily assembled. Fried ingredients are soggy. What happened to Torchy's quality?