All Aflame

What to Try From Ninfa's on Navigation's New Wood-Burning Oven

The four best reasons to let Alex Padilla take a spin with his tasty new toy.

06/23/2016 By Alice Levitt

Hot Dog!

Meet the Mexidog, Your New Favorite Indulgence

The Sonoran dog gets beefed up at Habanera and the Gringo.

06/14/2016 By Katharine Shilcutt

The Rays

Meatless Monday: Sunshine's Health Food Store and Vegetarian Deli

These vegan enchiladas are our new healthy Tex-Mex favorite.

06/13/2016 By Alice Levitt

Ice House

The Other Lone Star Saloon—In Cambodia

Yes, believe it or not, you can find Tex-Mex (and Golden Tee!) in Phnom Penh.

05/31/2016 By Emma N. Hurt

Party Like It's 1981

RDG + Bar Annie Is Dead, Long Live Café Annie

Chef Robert Del Grande gives the people what they want: his landmark restaurant.

05/10/2016 By Alice Levitt

Good-Bayou

A Farewell Tour of Houston: Hasta Luego, Breakfast Tacos

When you don't discover Tex-Mex until you're 25, you miss it all the more when you leave it behind.

04/08/2016 By Hala Daher

Tex-Mex on Flight

Steaks on a Plane

Fajitas at 39,000 feet? Singapore Airlines thinks it’s an idea whose time has come.

03/31/2016 By Scott Vogel

Western All'Italiana

Tex-Mex Tuesday: Southwestern Lasagna at Spaghetti Western

A Tex-Mex pasta meal on the cheap? Only in Houston.

03/15/2016 By Alice Levitt

Taco Travels

Yes, There Is a Taco Worth the Drive to Austin

At Valentina's Tex Mex BBQ, a dual focus on both brisket and tortillas pays off.

03/10/2016 By Nicholas L. Hall

Mellow Yellow

Tex-Mex Tuesday: Juanita's Restaurant & Cantina

Cochinita pibil and queso puffs are together at last in Oak Forest.

03/08/2016 By Alice Levitt

Bizarro World

Tex-Mex Tuesday: Ranchero King Buffet

It's worth visiting this Northside buffet for the experience alone.

03/01/2016 By Alice Levitt

Round & Round

Tex-Mex Tuesday: Gorditas de Trompo at PlazAmericas

The former Sharpstown Mall is a Mexican food court treasure trove.

02/23/2016 By Alice Levitt

Food Fight

The Great Houstonia BBQ vs. Tex-Mex Bracket: The Championship Round

Pappasito's takes on The Brisket House in our final round of voting.

02/22/2016 By Katharine Shilcutt

Food Fight

The Great Houstonia BBQ vs. Tex-Mex Bracket: Final Four

Pappasito's or Ninfa's? The Brisket House or Killen's?

02/19/2016 By Katharine Shilcutt

Food Fight

The Great Houstonia BBQ vs. Tex-Mex Bracket: Elite Eight

Pappasito's or El Real? The Brisket House or Brooks' Place? The decision is yours.

02/18/2016 By Katharine Shilcutt

Food Fight

The Great Houstonia BBQ vs. Tex-Mex Bracket: Sweet Sixteen

Ninfa's or El Tiempo? Killen's or CorkScrew? Help us narrow down the city's top two cuisines into one, must-have meal.

02/17/2016 By Katharine Shilcutt

Fast Food Fever

Tex Mex Tuesday: In Praise of Pollo

Why we aren't embarrassed to love El Pollo Loco.

02/16/2016 By Alice Levitt

Taco Truth

Tex-Mex Tuesday: Is Buzzfeed Right About Torchy's?

We contemplate if there is a "place on this good earth that serves better tacos than Torchy’s."

02/09/2016 By Alice Levitt

Cuban King

Tex-Mex Tuesday: El Rey Taqueria

Is it still Tex-Mex if the taco fillings are Cuban?

02/02/2016 By Alice Levitt

Click Bait

Texas Food Truths BuzzFeed Has Failed to Understand

Put down the sour cream and back away from the breakfast tacos.

01/28/2016 By Katharine Shilcutt