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The Family Who Sold Tex-Mex to America
The Cuellars were leading the rise of the chain restaurant.
Anyone who was a kid in the early ’60s remembers the opening of Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. The 212-acre amusement park, built by local real estate developer Angus G. Wynne Jr. and opened on August 5, 1961, changed the way Dallas played. Families, dates, and packs of kids roamed the streets that wove through six distinctive entertainment sections: Spain, France, The Confederacy, Texas, United States, and Mexico.
It wasn’t hard to find Mexico. The aroma of Mexican food filled the air. All you had to do was take a right at the goat cart ride and follow your nose. It took you right to El Chico, the 11th restaurant opened by the Cuellar family.
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UTSA s Institute of Texan Cultures at HemisFair Park is a neglected treasure. Now, community leaders are negotiating to secure its future.
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Willa Walter reads through an old book while sitting in a one-room school house during the Texas Folklife Festival on the grounds of the Institute of Texan Cultures.Billy Calzada /Staff photographer
Every San Antonian who has lived here since 1968 has a story about the UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures. Those stories are likely to be more emotional and personal than memories of other cultural institutions in town.
Hundreds of thousands of people traipsed through the institute’s doors as children, and millions more have attended its Texas Folklife and Asian festivals. Over the years, tourists have made ITC a top destination, too.