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 ...

Firebird Restaurant Group acquired its sixth restaurant brand with its purchase of Village Burger Bar. El Fenix' Mike Karns readies for his next big Uptown real ...

And, perhaps most consequentially, where are we going tonight: El Chico or El Fenix? Two factors made it a tough call: each had multiple locations in the Metroplex, and each served roughly the ...

A Wichita Falls Mexican restaurant suddenly shuttered its doors Sunday morning, reportedly without giving employees any advance notice. El Fenix, a North Texas chain with restaurants mostly in the ...