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The same type of nachos at other Mexican restaurants around town would cost anywhere from $14.99 to $22. And my meal was $13.50, comparable with other restaurants. Price score: 5 out 5 stars.
Introducing Mexican food to America was not El Chico's only notable feat: It was also one of the early chain restaurants, with multiple locations at a time when mom-and-pop single-location restaurants ruled. [2] Joe V. Carvajal was an integral part of the success of many of the El Chico restaurants in the 1960s and '70s.
Margaritas served at the restaurant, Don Melchor Mexican Cuisine, located on 2207 Bannerman Road.
The Martinez family used the code name Firebird when selling the chain. Firebird president Mike Karns paid the Martinez family over $30 million in cash; this was the family's asking price. At the time the annual sales were $33 million and there were 15 restaurants. [5] In 2011 there were 20 El Fenix restaurants in Texas. [4]
The El Cholo Spanish Cafe is a Los Angeles restaurant serving Mexican food. Founded in 1923, the restaurant is credited with the introduction of the burrito to the United States in the 1930s. The restaurant has expanded to a chain with six locations in Southern California. It celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2023. [2]
El Torito (Spanish for "the little bull") is an American chain that serves Mexican food. El Torito operates 25 restaurants all in California . [ 1 ] El Torito is one of several Mexican cuisine restaurant chains operated by Xperience Restaurant Group.
Mexican Restaurants, Inc. is a Houston, Texas [2]-based restaurant company. As of 2015, they have 46 company operated locations, 10 franchised and one licensed.. The company operates five different concepts: Casa Ole, Überrito Fresh Mex (formerly Mission Burrito), [3] Monterey's Little Mexico, Tortuga Mexican Kitchen and Crazy Jose's.
Rio Grande/Río Bravo: Borderlands Culture, 9 : Voices in the Kitchen : Views of Food and the World from Working-Class Mexican and Mexican American Women. College Station, TX, US: Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 978-1-58544-531-8. Adapon, Joy (2008). Culinary Art and Anthropology. Oxford: Berg Publishers. ISBN 978-1-84788-213-4.