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Available at both the Original Ninfa’s locations on Navigation and Uptown, the Tranquilita Margarita makes its debut on April 20th, a day dedicated to cannabis lovers. Recommended Videos ...
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. Alright, let's settle this once and for all, ...
According to Padilla, who is executive chef at Legacy Restaurants, Ninfa’s parent company, he was flying home from Los Angeles to Houston one day in 2011. Rushing to catch a connecting flight in ...
Bobby Heugel, managing partner of Legacy Restaurants, which owns Ninfa's on Navigation,... Two Mama Ninfa legacies, side by side Chron Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...
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.
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 ...
He recalls dining at “Mama” Ninfa Laurenzo’s Original Ninfa’s on Navigation, which she opened in 1973, during his first visit to Houston in the late 1970s before moving here in 1981.
Ninfa’s smoked pork belly torta is a seamless fusion with the bahn mi, and “ven a mí” (come to me), is what Chef Alex Padilla calls it.
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’s life was—no disrespect intended—a soap opera of epic proportions. She had been widowed at the age of 45 in 1969, when her husband, Domenic Laurenzo, died, leaving her to run their ...
Houston is celebrating 713 Day with various events, including the Houston Astros vs. Texas Rangers game, a car parade, and deals at local businesses such as Grotto, Houston Zoo, Bayou & ...
Mama Ninfa's tacos al carbon would eventually be called fajitas and became a staple of Tex-Mex cuisine. Nov. 12 will now be known as "Original Ninfa's Day" in Houston, Texas.