r/pics • u/Hobo-Jesus69 • 3h ago

[OC] the Mexican restaurant is trolling the church next door

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u/radiohoard 3h ago

To add a little bit deeper lore, Chuy is also the nickname for Jesus. Much like Pancho for Francisco. Ki… kee-keh for enrique. And so on. Invite someone to Chuy’s is like inviting somone to church!!

Also i dont know a chuy’s restaurant so that’s how my thought process worked

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u/Mistapeepers 2h ago

It’s one of the largest Tex Mex chains nationwide.

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u/radiohoard 2h ago

I’m in San Diego, socal all my life. We don’t do texmex. But thank you for the info! I just found the closest Chuy’s to me and it’s a 16 hour drive. One day!!

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u/tviolet 2h ago

Chuy's started in Austin, the OG restaurant is still open and literally 100 yards from ACL which is going on right now. But it's been sold and is a chain now and the food isn't anything special. Hit it up if you're in Austin but don't go out of your way.

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u/andrewegan1986 1h ago

Yeah, I lived in Austin for 10 years, it’s fine. Austin doesn’t have the best Tex-Mex, imo. Houston and San Antonio are way better. It makes sense, Austin has historically been an outlier with a high white to Hispanic population than any other city in Texas. Every other city is plurality/majority Hispanic. I believe Austin is still majority white.

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u/BearlyIT 24m ago

Covid pushed chuy’s into a weaker version of itself, but going public was very much less than ideal. I loved Chuy’s in the 90s, and maybe the next decade too… but time has not been kind.

Much like the ‘keep austin weird’ motto, the personality drifted and hasn’t found improvement yet.

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u/emptyflask 1h ago

Having lived in Austin for a while it was a trip when I went through Orlando and saw a Chuy's there. I had no idea they spread outside Texas.

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u/RoughComparison8702 1h ago

Yep, we've had one in Northern Kentucky for years now. They're not bad, just okay. As others have said, nothing amazing, but there are a few dishes I like well enough from there. Definitely not even the best texmex I've ever had.

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u/emptyflask 1h ago

It was pretty good at one time, especially when they would do their Hatch chili menu at the end of the summer. Looking at their menu on their website now, it looks awful.

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u/RoughComparison8702 1h ago

Yeah that hatch salsa is pretty damn good. I like that and their boom boom sauce. They had a nacho bar up until the pandemic. At least ours did. That was the first obvious thing to go, and then their menu kind of went to shit after that.

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u/RustyDogma 1h ago

I worked there when there were just 2 locations in Austin. It was never amazing, but it was decent. The chain it became is hot garbage.

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u/greg19735 1h ago

you guys should do texmex.

like, it's not mexican, but it is delicious.

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u/compstomper1 1h ago

SD has its own version of texmex: carne asada fries, chimichangas, california burritos

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u/greg19735 53m ago edited 41m ago

never heard of Carne Asada fries as a dish, but Chimichangas and California Burritos would be part of North Carolina's Tex Mex. Obviously i can figure out what those fries probably are.

i have 2 restaurants called California Burrito within 30 miles of me.

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u/hihelloneighboroonie 2h ago

Huh, I'm also in San Diego, and I could swear I've heard of Chuy's.

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u/radiohoard 2h ago

Looked it up, we def have Chuy’s, but not this particular chain

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u/Mistapeepers 2h ago

That explains it. There’s a family owned spot in Cali named Chuy’s and there’s a copyright agreement that prevents the chain from operating there.

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u/ScyllaOfTheDepths 32m ago

Get the big burrito with fajita steak and creamy jalapeno sauce. You're welcome.

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u/compstomper1 1h ago

SD has its own version of texmex: carne asada fries, chimichangas, california burritos

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u/radiohoard 1h ago

What in the hell are you even… WHAT
Chimichangas yes but take your meds on those other two

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u/compstomper1 1h ago

born and raised in SD, yes?

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u/radiohoard 1h ago

LA and SD

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u/compstomper1 1h ago

carne asada fries and california burritos are from SD

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u/wuapinmon 6m ago

Cálmate, huey. Los mexicanos también comen papas fritas.

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u/dtwhitecp 1h ago

wild, I think CA has enough saturation of Mexican food that they probably can't enter the market too well and I've never heard of them. We used to have Chevy's but that was mostly squashed by better stuff. I do love Tex Mex though.

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u/BiovaniGernard 1h ago

There’s a baseball player who goes by Kike Hernandez and everyone always adds an accent just so it doesn’t look bad

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u/radiohoard 1h ago

Lmao im a huge dodgers fan and ive seen people get banned for spelling his name that’s why the ki… hesitation haha

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u/AsceloReddit 2h ago

That adds so much to this! Thank you!

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u/frcepeda 58m ago

Quique lol but you're 100% right

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u/cat_prophecy 32m ago

And Nacho for Ignacio.

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u/muklan 1h ago

I went to school with a guy named Jesus who just fully leaned into the joke, people would just conversationally ask him questions about being the son of God/heaven etc and he'd come up with the wildest off the cuff shit. At first I thought he was being bullied into it, but like...it was a creative outlet and everyone but the pentacostal kids got a kick out of it.

He said there was a section of heaven the size of Houston that was just a ball pit. Also its run by bureaucratic butterflies.

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u/Asidious66 1h ago

I would follow this man

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u/Batchet 3h ago

Oh man, to really push their buttons someone should put up a sign near them that says, "Please invite someone to choose this month."

-Planned Parenthood

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u/Magister5 3h ago

Then someone across from that will say Chuy’s Life

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u/kilamumster 2h ago

"I too choose this Chuy's Life"

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u/Curiosive 2h ago

The "original" invitechuys.org website claims 28 people arrived from being invited by a friend through this sign. 🤣

So I'm not sure about the outreach of this particular method.

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u/SeenYourScene 1h ago

The first time got 28 people! Imagine, they could then themselves invite another 28 people, who each invite another 28 people. You only need the sign to work like this five times and suddenly you've got over 17 million more customers!

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u/Snowbank_Lake 3h ago

The website exists but has a disclaimer at the bottom saying it’s not officially affiliated with Chuy’s.

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u/ExoticToothpaste6989 2h ago

Probably to protect from the lawyers

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u/wusurspaghettipolicy 58m ago

and the church

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u/jizzlevania 2h ago

Both signs are inviting people to where Jesús welcomes everyone.

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u/Express_Buffalo7118 2h ago

I hope jesús behind the grill doesn’t get put on a cross though

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u/youdontknowme1010101 3h ago

It is funny, but let’s not confuse chuy’s with Mexican.

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u/a_talking_face 3h ago

I know we're being snarky right now, but as far as Tex-Mex chains go, Chuy's is pretty good.

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u/DarkSpoon 3h ago

Maybe 5 years ago. They fell off hard.

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u/sipsyrup 2h ago

Covid really did a number on them. They basically had to shrink down the menu to stuff that they could pack in to go orders easily, and the menu never recovered

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u/Burnitalldown1 2h ago

Dude- when my Elivis chicken disappeared, I knew it was curtains.

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u/BeerBrat 2h ago

It's back but they went with a more generic name, I'm assuming because they probably have legal issues using the Elvis name. It's called Green Chile Fried Chicken now. Lame. Haven't tried it under the new name but noticed it was back on the menu.

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u/sipsyrup 2h ago

fwiw, my wife is friends with the daughter of one of the regional managers who was furious about having to reduce the menu, so hopefully they are healing

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u/a_talking_face 2h ago

There aren't many Tex-Mex chains that haven't. Across the board it feels like that's a genre that has declined severely. I think the economy has been hard to navigate for them for the past few years.

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u/reddaktd 2h ago

Maybe 5 years ago X 2

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u/Oiiack 2h ago

Lies. A chuychanga with the jalapeño lime ranch dressing is still the bomb.

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u/Car_wash_mechanic 17m ago

Chuychanga, steak burrito, chicken flautas. All done better by chuys than most Tex mex places

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u/richardvirginia 2h ago

I regularly order a ton of their flour tortillas and make a bunch of different types of tacos with them. The price is so low it's almost certain they're going to raise it in this economy.

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u/projectx51 2h ago

Lived in CenTex for 18 years. I heard that about Chuy's as well recently. I couldn't tell if the claim was factual or just all the newbee Austinites being all.....Austiny. I remember everybody , including me, loving Chuy's. Everytime a new restaurant was rumored to be opening in Temple, I'd hope that it was a Chuy's.

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u/NotParticularlyGood 1h ago

I had "nachos" there and it was two small tortillas, fried, cut in half, with like lettuce, tomatoes, and onions on them. It was pathetic.

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u/a_talking_face 1h ago

Those were tostadas brother

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u/SafetyMan35 2h ago

Tried it in Texas and Northern Virginia. It was absolute garbage. I don’t understand the love for it.

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u/a_talking_face 1h ago

They make their tortillas fresh, which you don't get from most chains, or even many restaurants at all really.

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u/SafetyMan35 1h ago

Many of the local Tex mex restaurants near me in northern Virginia make them fresh in house.

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u/OozeNAahz 2h ago

Decent tacos and the hatch green chili salsa was amazing. And I loved that I could show up, get seated, order, eat, and pay within 20 minutes and be on my way back to work. All while spending $12 plus tip.

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u/JJ82DMC 3h ago

Only been to a Chuy's once, and that was more than enough. I was quite thoroughly unimpressed with everything from the salsa and chips to the entree.

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u/jedipiper 2h ago

Same.

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u/RedWulf2182 3h ago

Thank you

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u/Visible-Literature14 2h ago

Well yeah—they’re two different words🤪

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u/The_Dented 2h ago

It’s not Mexican, your right. It’s not even Tex-Mex.

It’s almost a sit down Taco Bell!

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u/Theletterkay 1h ago

It has always advertised itself as 100% Tex-Mex. And it is bomb

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u/Ivyspine 1h ago

It's not though. Baja shrimp and hatch green chilies are not Texas

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u/Andergaff 35m ago

Amen, hatch is New Mexico all the way, and honestly, green chile is full on Colorado. Nothing better than Colorado green chile. It ain’t Tex mex or Mexican. It’s just the best.

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u/zaccus 3h ago

Lol it's a real website. Respect.

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u/bd_one 3h ago

The church sign doesn't lead to a functioning website?

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u/qtpss 1h ago

Pretty weak trolling?

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u/longfacer 3h ago

That's not trolling

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u/Amatheiaisnoexcuse 3h ago

When I was a kid, my brother had a friend named Chuy. His mom was a great cook. We loved Chuy's

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u/Effective-Window-922 3h ago

Or maybe the church is trolling the Mexican restaurant?

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u/SH4DOWSTR1KE_ 2h ago edited 2h ago

Then I think it's more telling what's more valuable to society these days church or a Tex-Mex restaurant.

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u/Lyndon_Boner_Johnson 2h ago

One of those is actually detrimental to society. The other one has fajitas.

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u/DaddyCatALSO 1h ago

seems more good natured than anything

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u/Livid_Average_8098 1h ago

Well, they both have the same agenda at the end of the day. They need customers to make money.

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u/wstsidhome 2h ago

Maybe the church is trolling chuys…chicken or the egg?

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u/fossilnews 2h ago

Restaurant should add a "You'll thank God you did." below their sign.

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u/detroiterican 1h ago

Is this Cool Springs, Tennessee?🙄

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u/Hobo-Jesus69 48m ago

Oklahoma City

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u/punkiepixie 28m ago

I love a good sign battle!

Several years ago a pharmacy and pot shop did a similar thing in a town near me. It’s still brought up all these years later lol

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u/wap2005 15m ago

I'm dumb. I don't get it...

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u/Lunaphase 10m ago

Chuy's is likely the name of the place.

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u/wap2005 5m ago

This comment made me realize there is a 2nd photo, thanks lol.

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u/Mysterious-Lab-5918 2h ago

All religions "troll" humanity...

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u/Xylus1985 3h ago

If you invite a non-believer into a church, and they burst into flame. Does that count for arson or murder?

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u/Express_Buffalo7118 2h ago

You would think churches would be fireproofed by now

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u/ThisAccountIsStolen 3h ago

They committed to the bit and actually built the website, even.

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u/dustin_pledge 59m ago

In a hilarious mix-up, someone is going to end up with really spicy communion wafers.