Jim Duncan is on a roll! For more than a year, we’ve adapted this retired city planner’s sterling research and reporting about Austin businesses. Yet his series on Tex-Mex restaurants has struck the deepest chord in this city where Mexican food is revered. This week, we examine four more such histories, in anticipation of a Tex-Mex bonanza package during Hispanic Heritage Month.
1976: Texas Chili Parlor
The Texas Chili Parlor is an iconic dive bar braced with chili…