I live up in “North-Central” Austin, so I don’t get down to Polvo’s too much. When I do, I’m always pleased.

Kim and I went down there today for a late lunch and the place was packed. Normally, there’s ample outside seating, but as it’s in the 40′s today, all the Austinites huddled inside, making Polvo’s tiny inside cramped. Nonetheless, we got to sit down at a nice booth.

My favorite dish at Polvo’s by far is the one pictured above: the Camaron Diablos, or “Devil Shrimp.” There’s four or five shrimp in a pool of creamy red sauce that’s spiced up with two types of peppers (that I could tell). The cucumbers and tomatoes go well with the spicy sauce and act as a good chips too to scoop up the stuff.

Polvo’s is also nice, of course, because if it’s salsa-bar. They have 3 types of salsa (red, black, and green) and then that picked carrot, onion, and jalapeno thing that’s tasty. They charge you $1.75 for chips and salsa, which is high-robbery in these parts (anything but free is just as bad as having to pay for drink refills in the States), but there’s always something, no matter how great the place is.