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712 1/2 Fairview Houston, TX 77006

713-528-4708

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Puerto Rico and Beyond
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712 1/2 Fairview Houston TX 77006

Cuisine(s): Central American

Hours: Mon-Sat 11am-5:30pm

Price: $ $
Payment Types: cash, check

Attire: Casual

Features: Family Style, Order Online, Smoking, Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible
Serving: Lunch

Reservations: Accepted, Recommended

Parking: Lot Available

Description

This tiny four-table cafe may well be Houston's only authentic outpost of Puerto Rican cooking. Yes, the signboard menu still offers up the basic burger fix, but smart customers know to look for the chalkboard with the Puerto Rican specialties of the day. Odd hours (opens at 11 a.m. and closes at 6 p.m.) do little to prevent a steady stream of Houston's Caribbean Hispanics from making their way in. Portions are generous, prices low, and the posters of travel to Puerto Rico a bonus.

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By Sam Brown | Thu, May 10, 2012
Smells Fishy

By Paul Galvani | Thu, March 15, 2001

It's easy to call the bacalao ($8.95), or salt cod, served at Tex Chick [712 1/2 Fairview, (713)528-4708] the best in town, because it's the only one in town. Tex Chick is also the only Puerto Rican restaurant in Houston -- at least the only one... More »
Pure Puerto Rico

By Paul Galvani | Thu, December 07, 1995

Teo and Carmen Gonzalez, the sixtysomething owners of Tex Chick, tell an interesting tale of how they ended up running their tiny, homey restaurant on Fairview. It begins, as do so many immigrant stories, with the first frightening move to... More »

2010 | Puerto Rico and Beyond

by Katharine ShilcuttThe bacalao y mofongo on my plate at Tex-Chick is a brilliant jumble of fall colors: ruby red, auburn, burnt orange and bright gold. A dish originating in Portugal, the bacalao -- chipped pieces of salted and dried codfish -- ring the mound of mofongo like Matisse's colorful dancers. And the sturdy mofongo, that pile of yellow plantains and crumbs of bacon, rises from between them with the promise of a transporting experience ahead.Where do you want to... More »
2006 | Best Plantains

It's called mofongo; that's Puerto Rican for a great plantain dish. Don't go looking for a "heart-healthy" sign on the menu for this one, and once you read the list of ingredients, you'll understand why. A mortar is filled with garlic, chicharr�n (the fatty, crispy kind, not pork rinds), olive oil and plantains, then the ingredients are ground together with a pestle until they're well incorporated. The resulting mass is shaped into a ball, which is then fried. The result is a crispy, heavy, po... More »
2003 | Best Mom-and-Pop Restaurant

The mom-and-pop team of Teo and Carmen Gonzales has been running the funky-looking Tex Chick restaurant since 1982. The food is a schizoid mix of burgers, chicken-fried steaks, tacos and other Tex-Mex dishes, along with the only Puerto Rican food to be found in Houston. The mix owes itself to some shrewd thinking on the part of the owners, who bought a going concern and decided not to change the menu but rather add to it. Still, the food that makes the Gonzaleses beam with pride is that of... More »

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Main Menu

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All Of These Plates Are Served With Rice Beans, Plantains Or Mofongo.tex-chick Puerto Rican Restaurant Offers A Variety Of Authentic Puerto Rican Dishes Such As

Steak & Onions

Bistec Encebollado

Breaded Steak

Bistec Empanado

Chicken Breast

Pechuga De Pollo

Fried Pork

Carne Frita

Pork Chops

Chuletas

Cod

Bacalao

Beef Stew

Carne Guisada

Chicken Stew

Pollo Guisado

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Tex-Chick

712 1/2 Fairview Houston, TX 77006

713-528-4708

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The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top Mom-and-Pop Restaurants

By Sam Brown | Thu, May 10, 2012

Smells Fishy

By Paul Galvani | Thu, March 15, 2001

Pure Puerto Rico

By Paul Galvani | Thu, December 07, 1995

2010 | Puerto Rico and Beyond

2006 | Best Plantains

2003 | Best Mom-and-Pop Restaurant

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