When the craving for Mexican food strikes you during your stay in the Dallas and Fort Worth area of Texas, choose a local restaurant that serves traditional and contemporary Mexican favorites. Several establishments present signature takes on classic Mexican dishes in casual and upscale indoor settings.
Located in Dallas' Oaklawn neighborhood, Avila's Restaurant offers authentic Mexican food in a casual dining room. The lunch and dinner menu features sautéed spinach quesadillas, pork tamales, brisket tacos, chicken chimichangas and shrimp fajitas. House specialty dishes include Pollo con Calabaza, a Mexican-style stew with tomatoes, corn, chicken and squash, and Guisado de Puerco, sautéed pork served in cascabel pepper sauce. Avila's Restaurant caters off- and on-site events.
Avila's Restaurant
4714 Maple Ave.
Dallas, TX 75219
214-520-2700
avilasrestaurant.com
Established in 1997, La Familia Mexican Restaurant in Fort Worth, Texas offers a casual, family-friendly dining room. The restaurant house specialties include sour cream and mushroom-smothered chicken breasts, sautéed shrimp with tomatoes, onions and jalapeno peppers, and char-broiled steak topped with grilled bell peppers and onions. Additional entree selections include vegetable quesadillas, fish tacos, shrimp flautas, tomatillo enchiladas and chili rellenos.
La Familia Mexican Restaurant
841 Foch St.
Ft. Worth, TX 76107
817-870-2002
lafamilia-fw.com
Located in downtown Dallas, Iron Cactus Mexican Grill & Margarita Bar boasts a rooftop patio and 14,000 square feet of dining space. The restaurant's lunch and dinner menu items include chipotle chicken poppers, lobster tacos, Mexican-style shrimp cocktail, blackened tuna salad, shrimp enchiladas and tequila-ginger chicken. Additional menu selections include 8 oz. sirloin steak, chicken tortilla soup, parmesan-encrusted tilapia and beef burritos. Iron Cactus Mexican Grill & Margarita Bar hosts on-site private dinners and caters off-site events.
Iron Cactus Mexican Grill & Margarita Bar
1520 Main St.
Dallas, TX 75201
214-749-4766
ironcactus.com
Established in 1935, Joe T. Garcia's restaurant offers Mexican food in upscale indoor dining rooms and outdoor patio dining areas. The Fort Worth restaurant's menu selections include chicken fajitas, beef chimichangas, chili con queso and a family-style dinner that includes two orders of cheese nachos, two beef tacos and two cheese enchiladas served with corn tortillas, guacamole and hot sauce. Joe T. Garcia's also serves breakfast items including huevos rancheros, menudo and Huevos a la Mexicana, two eggs scrambled with tomatoes, jalapeno peppers and onions.
Joe T. Garcia's
2201 N. Commerce St.
Fort Worth, TX 76164
817-626-4356
joets.com
