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Dallas Adds Another Tex Mex Hot Spot

FreeRange Concepts – the minds behind local venues like The Rustic, Bowl & Barrel and MUTTS Canine Cantina – today announced the creation of its newest concept – Joe Leo – a refined Tex-Mex addition to the North Texas dining scene.

Dallas’ new “it” destination for gourmet Tex-Mex was inspired by and named after Joe Leo Romero, the grandfather of Kyle Noonan, co-owner of FreeRange Concepts. Like Joe himself, Tex-Mex is neither pretentious nor overly complex. And while you can certainly dress it up, at its core, Tex-Mex is a cuisine for everybody. It’s approachable, satisfying, and when done right, just plain delicious. And that’s exactly what you can expect from Joe Leo.

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The Delicious History Of TexMex (And Where To Find It In Dallas)

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From chili and nachos to fajitas and enchiladas, Tex-Mex could be called the ultimate comfort food. Despite its enormous popularity all over the United States, it’s an understatement to say that Tex-Mex has struggled to get respect as a regional cuisine in its own right, rather than a lower-quality, corrupted version of traditional Mexican food. But with deep roots in both Spanish and Native American culture, the history of Tex-Mex cuisine—and the stories behind some of its most famous dishes—is worth another look.

Native Americans lived in the area that is now Texas for thousands of years before the first European settlers arrived in the early 1500s. For more than 300 years after that, Texas (like Mexico) was part of the Spanish colony known as New Spain, and Texas and Mexico remained linked after 1821, when the latter separated itself from Spain. Texas, of course, won its own independence 15 years later, and became part of the United States in 1845. Throughout this complicated history, and in the years since, a number of cultures—and culinary traditions—have been inextricably combined to produce what is known as Tex-Mex cuisine today. Continue reading

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