El Fenix (restaurant)

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El Fenix is a popular chain of Mexican Restaurants in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex, (Texas). It was founded in 1918 by Mike Martinez and is still owned by the Martinez family today. Often, at its main location in downtown Dallas, the lunchtime line of patrons spills out the front door and down Alamo street. El Fenix is known for it’s brand of "Tex-Mex cuisine" and the Wednesday “Enchilada Dinner Special”.^[1]

According to Alfred Martinez (son of Mike Martinez), the downtown location serves about 1,200 lunches on a typical Wednesday or Friday and about that many more for dinner.

[edit] Locations

As of 2007 there are 12 Metroplex locations:^[2]

• Downtown Dallas
• Oak Cliff
• Casa Linda
• Mesquite
• Lemmon Avenue
• Skillman
• Webb Chapel
• Addison
• Plano
• McKinney
• Lewisville
• Camp Bowie (Ft. Worth)

[edit] References

1. ^ Information available at El Fenix Restaurants and personal observation.
2. ^ www.elfenix.com