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Ninfa's son Roland started the local El Tiempo Cantina chain in 1998, or if you'd like a slice of pizza, he also reopened a Bambolino's in 2011.
Original Ninfa's introduces the cannabis-infused Tranquilita Margarita, a unique and refreshing alternative to traditional cocktails.
This is the fifth in a series of visits to the six-cluster of Mexican restaurants on Navigation, a group of eateries that exemplifies Houston’s indigenous culinary history. “The best Mexican ...
Food & Drink The Fajita Burger at Ninfa’s Is One of the Best in Texas—and It Came to a Chef in a Dream Chef Alex Padilla skipped lunch one day, then nodded off. The result is an enormous, one ...
Since it opened in 1973, Houston's beloved Tex-Mex go-to Ninfa's has never offered a dedicated lunch menu. Until this week. Lonche a la Ninfa, as the lunchtime menu is being called, launched at ...
The first thing diners see upon entering the original Ninfa's on Navigation is a framed portrait of its founder, Ninfa Laurenzo. It's a nostalgic touch for the place where a generation of ...
Legacy Restaurants adds James Beard-winning chef Robert Del Grande as culinary mentor of the new team behind Houston Tex-Mex icon the Original Ninfa’s.
It's diamond-cut-diamond as the original Ninfa's, vintage 1973, faces down the brave new El Tiempo — run by the Laurenzos, Ninfa's founding family — right across the street. I give the edge to ...
Reporter We Remember Ninfa Laurenzo She gave her name to a restaurant that revolutionized Mexican cooking, but she gave much more to the city of Houston.
The Original Ninfa’s Mexican food restaurant in Houston deserves a word of gratitude from all lovers of Tex-Mex food. While Ninfa Laurenzo didn’t invent tacos al carbon, known as fajitas and ...
Ninfa Laurenzo not only made America fall in love with fajitas, she founded one of the best-known Tex-Mex restaurants in the country!
Ninfa Laurenzo not only made America fall in love with fajitas, she founded one of the best-known Tex-Mex restaurants in the country!