Where can I find some "authentic" Mexican food in Plano? (Richardson: population, place)

[Lakewooder]

No 'hot peppers' ? Um, you shouldn't admit that if you want to be a Texan.

[ladysrodgers]

Originally Posted by Lakewooder

No 'hot peppers' ? Um, you shouldn't admit that if you want to be a Texan.

It's not the flavor I don't like - if ya get my drift! I love peppers, I just don't care for a lot of jallepenos in my food.

[Mardrew]

El Fuego in Richardson has authentic Mexican Food.
Its on the SW corner of Plano and Campbell.
They only serve lunch right now.

El Grande Burrito in Allen (Bethany and Greenville) is very good as well. As their name implies they specialize in Burritos but have other dishes (tacos, quesadillas etc.) as well. They are more like the California Burritos than anywhere else I have tried in the Dallas area.
(Note: I have only had Burritos in Northern California even though I did spend several years in Southern California as well).

I also second the recommendation on Primos in Mckinney.

[Guingirl]

Lady I am with ya. We have been trying to find something comparable to our local haunt that I grew up with. I miss Jimboys and Cafe Delicious

We found a little hole in the wall in East Texas called Cancun Dave's in Kilgore that was great!!

[stargazer]

anyone want to met at Primos on Mcdonald this week?

[nativeDallasite]

It's probably not "authentic" but I really like La Finca on Bethany in Allen. It has the greatest steak fajita enchiladas I've ever had. Gawd are they good. Whenever we're up in Allen we usually have lunch or dinner there. Mmmmmmmmmmmmm.

[HockeyDadof2]

Ojeda's just opened up in Plano at Park and Coit. We have really missed them since they closed down on 75 in Plano and on Beltline in Garland, they have the BEST salsa. It's not authentic Mexican food but it is very good Tex-Mex.

[Contrails]

These have all been great suggestions!

I would just like to clarify one point which was made earlier but may have been misunderstood.

Tex-Mex is authentic Mexican food. It is a regional dish from "this" part of Mexico. And by "this" part of Mexico I mean Texas-because this used to be Mexico-and the Northern Mexico region that borders the present day U.S.

Many Mexican immigrants and their descedants in Texas are also Northern Mexico natives, so it makes sense that Tex-Mex as we know it is so common around here. Now, many chain Mexicain resturaunts claim to serve Tex-Mex when in fact it is a watered down version...kind of like Olive Garden is to Italian food.

In California, as was pointed out earlier they are more of the Baja California Mexican culture as opposed to the Northern Mexican culture. As such the cuisuine typically found over there leans more toward Baja which is heavy on the seafood.

Ok, just wanted to point those things out. Many people make the mistake of thinking that Tex-Mex means American/Mexican food when in fact it is simply a regional Mexican dish.

[nativeDallasite]

Originally Posted by HockeyDadof2

Ojeda's just opened up in Plano at Park and Coit. We have really missed them since they closed down on 75 in Plano and on Beltline in Garland, they have the BEST salsa. It's not authentic Mexican food but it is very good Tex-Mex.

When I go to Ojeda's I go to the one on Maple...it's the first one but it's not in the original location. My parents met at the car wash across the street...lots of history there for us.

[blueskies49]

Originally Posted by Contrails

These have all been great suggestions!

I would just like to clarify one point which was made earlier but may have been misunderstood.

Tex-Mex is authentic Mexican food. It is a regional dish from "this" part of Mexico. And by "this" part of Mexico I mean Texas-because this used to be Mexico-and the Northern Mexico region that borders the present day U.S.

Many Mexican immigrants and their descedants in Texas are also Northern Mexico natives, so it makes sense that Tex-Mex as we know it is so common around here. Now, many chain Mexicain resturaunts claim to serve Tex-Mex when in fact it is a watered down version...kind of like Olive Garden is to Italian food.

In California, as was pointed out earlier they are more of the Baja California Mexican culture as opposed to the Northern Mexican culture. As such the cuisuine typically found over there leans more toward Baja which is heavy on the seafood.

Ok, just wanted to point those things out. Many people make the mistake of thinking that Tex-Mex means American/Mexican food when in fact it is simply a regional Mexican dish.

Contrails, thanks for this! I've always heard people claiming that Tex-Mex is not authentic, sort of like a bastardized version of Mexican. Great to know that it's an authentic cuisine in its own right!