Although you name yourself a “Tex Mex” restaurant, I think you are misleading people. It is upsetting that people come to your restaurant having never tasted Tex Mex, only to come out accepting your twisted version of what it is. Coming from Texas and having lived in Oregon for 6+ years, your restaurant is the direct consequence of what happens when an Oregonian decides to make “Tex Mex” having never been to Texas. What you are doing is the equivalent of wearing a Bob Marley shirt and claiming to be an expert on Africa. Who serves mashed potatoes with Mexican food?! Certainly not any respectable institution in Texas. We know better – we have an actual Mexican population who would impale us with our own grill tongs for committing such a crime. And who’s decision was it to put barbeque sauce on tacos?! Fire that person. With a gun. And then burn all the influential restaurants he has worked with in the past. If you do decide to change your menu, please do so after replacing your entire kitchen staff. And do so carefully. There are fast food joints in Texas that do better Tex Mex than you.

Disappointed,
Missing Tex Mex

16 replies on “Dear “Tex Mex” Restaurant”

  1. The fuck? You say you’re from Texas yet your entire post contained no misspellings or improper grammar sentence structure. F-R-A-U-D!

  3. You do know there’s a website called “Yelp” where you can post a review of this restaurant, and are even able to mention it by name! Christ.

  5. Wouldn’t it be fare more likely for someone wearing a Bob Marley shirt to claim they are an expert on Jamaica rather than Africa?

  9. Again, it is “I, Anonymous”. Name names.

    Portland really needs more white people complaining about how “inauthentic” our bastardizations of other people’s cultures are.

  10. I sometimes fantasize about moving to other parts of the country just to spend all of my time going on about how superior the part of the country I was originally from is. Then all the nation will know what it’s like to be an Oregonian.

  11. Hey I’m from Texas too, and I would take a plate of fresh sushi over a plate of monochromatic enchilada goo any day. I feel blessed to live in a city where it is easy to find healthy meals.

  14. @ HH it is illegal to serve cow brains and nervous tissue as food. Mad cow and all. If you see it on a menu, the restaurant is breaking and/or ignorant of the law.

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