It’s all part of the ride at El Fenix, which, at almost 100 years old ... D.C. It was the 160th anniversary of the birth of Marquis de Lafayette and the fourth anniversary of the World War ...

104 years ago, Woodrow Wilson was president, daylight savings was established and the first El Fenix restaurant opened in downtown Dallas. It is often credited as the "original Tex Mex" and is the ...

Alfred Martinez (right) is pictured in 2018 at the 100th anniversary of his family's restaurant, El Fenix, alongside his wife Anita N. Martinez.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer) Dallas Tex-Mex legend ...

Karns promised the Martinezes that wasn’t his game plan. Karns threw a bash in September for El Fenix’s 95th anniversary. Alfred Martinez, 89, who still comes to the flagship every Wednesday ...

Miguel "Mike" Martinez opened El Fenix in Dallas back in 1918. He chose the --The Phoenix -- to signify turning setbacks into assets. Two years ago, at the restaurant's 100th anniversary ...

"El Fenix has been a part of my family's life ... Given that bond with the city, a one-day anniversary celebration simply wouldn't do. So Mike Karns, the 53-year-old CEO and owner of Firebird ...

Editor's note: This story was published in 2012, to note the 75th anniversary of El Fenix Café. With rain pouring down in sheets, the courtyard in Burro Alley between South First and Willis ...

With word out that El Fenix was closing ... In a 2012 story that celebrated the restaurant's 75th anniversary, Velez pointed to her grandmother as the starting point. Garcia's mother was a ...

Dallas-based El Fenix is making a gamble on its first expansion outside of the Lone Star State. The classic Tex-Mex staple will open a new, 8,500 sq. ft. restaurant as part of the WinStar World ...