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Migas and Backroom Deals at Cisco's
Discover how a neighborhood bakery on East 6th Street became a legendary Tex-Mex institution and a secret hub for Texas's most powerful politicians.
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Some of Texas's biggest political deals weren't made in the state capitol, but over steaming plates of huevos rancheros and migas on the East Side. In 1950, Rudy "Cisco" Cisneros opened Cisco’s Restaurant-Bakery at 1511 East 6th Street, inside a building that once housed a butcher shop and packing company. It quickly evolved into an iconic Tex-Mex institution.
But the real magic happened in the back room. There, away from the public eye, powerful Texas politicians gathered to talk strategy. Regulars like Lyndon B.
Johnson, John Connally, J. J. Pickle, and Austin Mayor Lester Palmer frequented the tables.
Rumors say that major legislative deals were forged right here, negotiated over plates of migas. As you walk, think of the handshake agreements made in those back-room booths, where the future of Texas was mapped out over breakfast. If those walls could talk, they’d probably ask you to pass the salsa.
Updated June 2026