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Imagine a TexMex restaurant
so good a city grew up around it. El Fenix is the childhood home of
TexMex food. Over 80 years ago, the Martinez Family pioneered what is now
known internationally as the Tex-Mex food phenomenon but they also offer
many traditional Mexican food dishes that are popular south of the border.
Dallas, Texas is the city where El Fenix founder, Miguel Martinez, opened
his first restaurant in 1918 when the only Cowboys, Mavericks, and Rangers
in town wore chaps, boots and spurs. |
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Hours: |
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Vary at Each |
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Click here
to see locations. |
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Payment: |
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Major Credit Cards |
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No Checks Accepted |
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Gift Certificates |
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May be purchased at any location, or by
calling the corporate office at 972-241-2171. |
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Take Out |
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Available at all 15 locations. |
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Children's Menu |
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Products Available Online |
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Salsa, Hot Sauce, |
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Pralines, |
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Margarita Mix, |
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Chips, |
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T-Shirts, |
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Ball Caps, |
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and Pepe, |
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Your Pepper Pal Beanie Friend. |
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To order any of
our products, click here. |
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Generations of Texans have enjoyed and
still enjoy the good food and pleasant atmosphere, which is
being carried forward by the second and third generations of
Martinez Family members. El Fenix is the oldest chain of family-owned Tex Mex restaurants in the United
States. |
| Best Mexican
Restaurant Chain 1995 |
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Best Margarita 1995 |
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Dallas Morning News-Reader's Poll |
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Best Mexican Food |
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Best Margarita |
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Mesquite News (Scripps Community Newspapers) 1993-1998 |
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Best Salsa 1996 |
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Dallas Observer |
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Best Mexican Food
1996-1998 |
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SR Texas Magazine |
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Best Mexican 2002 |
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Best Place For A Cheap
Date 2002 |
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Fort Worth, Texas Magazine |
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"The nachos at this 85-year-old Mexican restaurant legend in
downtown Dallas are the standard to which we compared the
newcomers." |
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Dallas Morning News |
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(In an article about
taste testing nachos from various restaurants to find the best
and the most different.) |
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Now you can order some of El Fenix' famous picante hot
sauce on line as well as margarita mix, pralines, tostada chips, and other
goodies. El Fenix salsa is shipped all over the globe and a good way for you
to start the El Fenix taste experience. Numerous awards and honorable
mentions have been bestowed on El Fenix for excellence in salsa, margaritas,
and the "secret recipe" corn chips. And don't forget to come try our famous
enchiladas, tortilla soup, and sopapillas when you visit the Dallas/Fort
Worth Metroplex. There are 15 locations to serve you including one near
Lovefield Airport and one near DFW International Airport. So, if you have a
layover and the urge for the best Mexican food around try the Lemmon Avenue
location or the one in Grapevine. |
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"If I recommend a place, it's usually based on consistency - the same
taste every time. That's why I suggest El Fenix as a safe bet. I've been
eating there since the 1950s, when they were in a rustic little white
building on McKinney in an area known (to Anglos, anyway) as Little Mexico.
They aren't clever with presentation. The place isn't filled with empty
Corona or Carta Blanca beer cases or tricked out to look like an old border
cafe; no year-round jalapeņo-shaped Christmas lights. El Fenix isn't trendy,
though they were the first to have tortillas handmade on the premises. But
75 years of whippin' chili should qualify as authentic. And I can count on
the Saltillo plate tasting just like it did back in 1958." Q ... D
Magazine, August 1996 |
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