{"podcast":{"title":"\"Fine\" Dining","slug":"fine-dining-5768145","podcast_index_feed_id":5768145,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/432342/rss","website_url":"https://www.finediningpodcast.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/4/d/f/b/4dfb339f63440d2bd959afa2a1bf1c87/Spotify_Apple_Amazon_Podcast.png","author":"Michael Ornelas","episode_count":173,"summary":"Comedian Michael Ornelas dives deep into the stories behind your favorite chain restaurants like Domino's, BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse, and Long John Silver's before determining if they are better or worse than Chili's: the most mediocre restaurant in America.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fine-dining-5768145"},"episode":{"title":"On the Border's \"Guacamole Live\" Is a National Treasure","slug":"on-the-border-s-guacamole-live-is-a-national-treasure","published_at":"2026-02-25T08:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fine-dining-5768145/on-the-border-s-guacamole-live-is-a-national-treasure","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fine-dining-5768145","url":"https://www.finediningpodcast.com/","audio_url":"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","summary":"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","meta_description":"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 (@Theโ€ฆ","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3450,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fine-dining-5768145/episodes/on-the-border-s-guacamole-live-is-a-national-treasure/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fine-dining-5768145/on-the-border-s-guacamole-live-is-a-national-treasure.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}