Highways magazine recently named its Top 5 Tex-Mex restaurants in the state of Texas. Those taking top honors in the Lone Star State: Mi Tierra Café y Panadería (mitierracafe.com) and Los Barrios (losbarrios1.com/) in San Antonio; Joe T. Garcia's Mexican Restaurant (joets.com) and El Rancho Grande Restaurante (www.facebook.com/RanchoRealFW), both in Fort Worth; and Matt”s El Rancho in Austin (mattselrancho.com).
"The folks west of here from New Mexico to California can have their versions—just give us our cheese enchiladas, fajitas, puffy tacos, and chips and salsa, please," the article in the November issue says.