# On the Border's "Guacamole Live" Is a National Treasure Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/fine-dining-5768145/on-the-border-s-guacamole-live-is-a-national-treasure Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/fine-dining-5768145/on-the-border-s-guacamole-live-is-a-national-treasure.md Podcast: ["Fine" Dining](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fine-dining-5768145) Published: 2026-02-25T08:01:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.finediningpodcast.com/ Audio file: https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/9369c4b7-1e7b-4d55-9b95-8001ab364097/AUDIO_S04E04_On_the_Border_Pt_2_FINAL.mp3?dest-id=3605298 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fine-dining-5768145/episodes/on-the-border-s-guacamole-live-is-a-national-treasure Duration seconds: 3450 ## Resource ๐ŸŒฎ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿฅ‘ On the Border Review: Guacamole Glory, Taco Chips, and The Chili's Test ๐Ÿฅ‘๐Ÿ”ฅ๐ŸŒฎ We're back with Part 2 of On the Border , and this time Trent Tucker (@TheGOTSPod) and I actually sit down to eat at the former Brinker sibling to Chili's. There are highs. There are lows. There is guacamole made tableside that absolutely slaps. We also encounter a manager radiating peak "Karen energy," raid a Little Free Library mid-meal, and hear "Cable Car" by The Fray so many times it becomes psychological warfare. ๐Ÿฅ‘ Guacamole Live Is a Legitimate Triumph ๐ŸŒฎ Flautas That Do NOT Live Up to the Ornelas Family Name ๐Ÿง‚ Chips and Salsa Are Decent, But Why Are the Chips Half a Taco Shell? ๐ŸŽถ "Cable Car" by The Fray Plays an Unreasonable Number of Times ๐Ÿ“š Little Free Library Raid Yields a Parody Songbook and an Education on Spiders ๐Ÿ˜ฌ A Manager Check-In That Screams "I'd Like to Speak toโ€ฆ" ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Trent Shares His Best Meal Ever: Ramen in Japan ๐ŸŒด His Worst Meal Ever: A Burger from Rainforest Cafe ๐Ÿ“Š On the Border Faces The Chili's Test ๐Ÿ’ฌ COMMENT BELOW: Is tableside guac enough to overcome weird taco chips? ๐Ÿ“ข SUPPORT THE SHOW & JOIN THE COMMUNITY: ๐ŸŽ‰ Patreon (Bonus episodes, extended Yelp segments & more): patreon.com/finediningpodcast ๐Ÿ’ฌ Discord (Food talk, memes, cursed Yelp): discord.gg/6a2YqrtWV4 ๐ŸŽฅ Watch full episodes: youtube.com/channel/UCLbraNhL6KhDPkdSWt2yiuw ๐Ÿ”— All links: linktree.com/finediningpodcast ๐ŸŽค Guest: Trent Tucker | IG: @TheGOTSPod Patreon Producers: Sue Ornelas & Joyce Van Patreon Subscribers: David Ornelas, Kellie Baldwin, Jeremy Horwitz, Herbert Amaya, Simone Davalos, Scott Bennett, Amy Reinhart, Josef Castaneda-Liles, & Travis Langley Free Patreon Followers: Joe Warszalek, Lauren Cummings, Grace Krainak, Keri Estes, Robert Duran, Patrick Elliott, Michelle Elmer, Dave Plummer, Nicholasโ€ฆ ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fine-dining-5768145/episodes/on-the-border-s-guacamole-live-is-a-national-treasure/transcription-requests` โ€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/fine-dining-5768145/on-the-border-s-guacamole-live-is-a-national-treasure.md` โ€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.