The Sombrero’s menu claimed it was the oldest Mexican restaurant in the South — not just Memphis.
Dear Vance: Looking through a box of old papers, I came across a menu for a restaurant here called El Patio. Somebody told me this was our city’s first Mexican restaurant. Is this true? — G.T., Memphis.
Dear G.T.: My immediate answer was NO, but I thought I’d supplement that terse reply by saying: The oldest, as everyone surely knows, is Pancho’s. Then, my job here done, I thought I’d resume my daily eight-hour nap, before I trudged upstairs and went to bed. This job is exhausting!…