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TOP FIVE MEXICAN MEALS
Mexican food means a lot more than tacos in Texas.
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Original Ninfas (
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) Classic Mexican served by waiters wearing traditional guayabera shirts.
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Hugo's (
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) Master chef Hugo Ortega's restaurant is interior-Mexican cuisine at it's finest.
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Tacos A Go Go (
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) The go-to place for breakfast tacos.
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Taco Milagro (
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) Music, margaritas and a salsa bar - olé!
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Chuy's (
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) Tex-Mex fun and 'burritos as big as yo' face.'
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Downtown
Downtown dining caters mainly to the business-lunch crowds, with a few noteworthy ex-
ceptions.
SOUTHERN
$
Treebeards
(
http://treebeards.com
;
315 Travis St; specials $8-11; 11am-2pm Mon-Fri)
Locals flock here at lunchtime
to chow down on great Cajun gumbos and jambalaya, but don't discount the appeal of
daily changing specials like jerk chicken and stuffed pork chops.
Grove Restaurant & Bar
MAP
AMERICAN
$$
GOOGLE MAP
( 713-337-7321;
http://thegrovehouston.com
; 1611 Lamar St; lunch & brunch mains $13-21, dinner mains $15-29;
11am-10pm Sun-Thu, to 11pm Fri & Sat; METROrail station Main Street Square)
Free-range chicken pot-
pie, pork belly sliders…the American classics get a metropolitan update at the Grove. The
modern, glass-filled dining room overlooks Discovery Green park.
Original Ninfas
(
www.ninfas.com
;
2704 Navigation Blvd; mains $10-21; 11am-10pm Mon-Fri, 10am-10pm Sat & Sun)
The ori-
ginal, where generations of Houstonians have come since the 1970s for shrimp
diablo
,
ta-
cos al carbón
(tacos cooked over charcoal) and handmade tamales crafted with pride.
Hopefully the recent new ownership will not change anything vital.
MEXICAN
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