Aside from chips and salsa, many Mexican restaurants in North Texas offer a colorful dish of nostalgia and identity — murals depicting cathedrals, rivers,...
Artist Juan Velázquez, known for his murals across the DFW area, has painted several Mexican cultural icons such as Frida Kahlo pictured here on the side of Pacos Mexican Cuisine restaurant on W. Magnolia Ave in Fort Worth, January 27, 2023.Aside from chips and salsa, many Mexican restaurants in North Texas offer a colorful dish of nostalgia and identity — murals depicting cathedrals, rivers, and mountains resembling hometowns throughout Mexico and famous iconic figures.
With about 84% of the 2.4 million Hispanics in the area tracing their roots to Mexico, these murals are a graphic representation of North Texas’s evolving demographics. “My vision has always been to show the beauty of my city and state. I like to hear people say, ‘Oh, look. There’s the cathedral. It looks just the same ’. And they take pictures when they come to eat,” Lozano said.
When customers walk into Birriería Los Chivos de Oro in Fort Worth, they’re justified if, for a second, they imagine themselves walking through Nochistlán’s main square with its water fountain, an iron-cast gazebo, a bandstand, and the Mexican flag in the center. Nochistlán is a small town in the central state of Zacatecas.
“We wanted the mural to convey a taste of our culture so that when people come, they can admire the Mexican art and, of course, always include a bit of humor and customize it with toads and frogs,” said owner Raúl Estrada, originally from Jalisco.
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