DINING FEATURE
BY ZARA FLORES
DINE IN FOR ANY MEAL Spicy Bite o ers dishes for any meal of the day from breakfast to dinner.
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The omelet plate ($9.69) comes with beans and potatoes. The chilaquiles ($8.69) are topped with tomatillo sauce, eggs and beans. The enchilada plate ($9.79) comes with meat, rice and beans.
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Anna and Efrain Alvarado opened Spicy Bite—formerly known as Palm Cafe—in 2010.
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PHOTOS BY ZARA FLORES COMMUNITY IMPACT
Spicy Bite Local, family-run restaurant serves authentic Mexican food with a kick T he small, locally owned family business called Spicy Bite in Kyle is nearing 15 Inspiration for the name Spicy Bite came about organically through customers commenting on the Fast forward to the height of the pandemic and subsequent
Spicy Bite 101 Hall Professional Center, Ste. A, Kyle 512-268-8051 www.spicybitekyle.com
lockdowns, when many businesses closed, the existing drive-thru of the sit-down restaurant became even more essential to the business. “It’s not only our family who depends on the business; it’s every- one and their family who work at [Spicy Bite],” Anna said. While many customers inquire about a second Spicy Bite restau- rant or an extension of the rst one, that is not the couple’s main focus. If the opportunity should arise for a second Spicy Bite, they would consider it, Anna said, but their priority right now is their four children.
years of business in the community, but it doesn’t come without changes and hardships. Anna and Efrain Alvarado opened Spicy Bite in 2010 under the name Palm Cafe. Efrain and his brothers ran multiple locations of the Palm Cafe throughout the Central Texas region. It wasn’t until 2014 that the couple decided to make a name for themselves and personalize their dishes through the name change. “[Efrain] wanted a catchy name, di erent than the rest of [the family businesses],” Anna said.
food, saying it’s spicy, which Anna con rmed as the restaurant uses jalapenos and other peppers for its main dishes. In its early days, the business did not gain much traction, which Anna attributes to the lack of social media and the size of the city at the time. “Kyle was not growing like it is now,” Anna said. She added the majority of the customers within the rst few years were simply due to word of mouth, and it wasn’t until three to four years in that they began having a steady stream of customers.
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