El Chico (restaurant)

El Chico is a restaurant chain in the Southern United States. The first restaurant opened in 1940 in Oak Lawn, in Dallas, Texas. There are 78 locations. The restaurant serves a variety of Tex-Mex dishes.
== History ==
The restaurant's origin was Adelaida "Mama" Cuellar's popular homemade tamales at a county fair in 1926. Two years later, Cuellar opened Cuellar's Cafe in Kaufman, Texas.[2] Her sons opened a cafe in Dallas using her recipes.[1][3] The 11th Cuellar restaurant was located at Six Flags Over Texas amusement park, which was owned by Adelaida Cuellar's husband's employer, Angus Wynne.[2] Today, it is part of Consolidated Restaurant Operations, Inc. (CRO)[4] Joe V. Carvajal was an integral part of the success of many of the el Chico restaurants in the 1960s and '70s. He introduced the sopapilla to Tex-Mex and American cuisine.
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