Dining
BY JOVANNA AGUILAR
The birria quesadilla plate ($17.99) includes three birria quesadillas with slow-cooked birria broth and rice.
The carnitas plate ($16.99) incudes pork carnitas on a plate of grilled onions served with rice, beans, pico de gallo, guacamole, tortillas and a secret taco sauce.
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Loco Cantina celebrates 1 year serving Tex-Mex Originally from Guadalajara in Jalisco, Mexico, Miguel Jaurigui said his ambition in the restaurant industry began when he was just 13 years old work- ing at family members’ and friends’ restaurants.
Craving Tex-Mex? At Loco Cantina customers can enjoy authentic Tex-Mex with fajitas, enchiladas, carnitas and drinks, including skinny margaritas and palomas. “Our fajitas are so tender you can literally grab a fork and cut it, and our enchiladas are so cheesy and the pro le of the gravy is just a good comple- ment to a Tex-Mex enchilada,” Jaurigui said. The restaurant uses produce imported from regions of Mexico that Jaurigui said o er the high- est quality avocados, dried peppers and tomatoes. “I’m very proud of saying that I’m 100% Tex- Mex, and I use authentic ingredients from Mexico, and I combine them with Texas because I live in both worlds,” Jaurigui said.
Owner Miguel Jaurigui serves a plate of enchiladas.
After successfully opening his rst restaurant, Patron, in Livingston in 2015, Jaurigui said he decided to take a risk and move to the Houston area to open his second restaurant, Loco Cantina, in Kingwood in November 2023. What’s in a name Jaurigui said the name of the restaurant re ects the risk he took by selling his rst restau- rant to move to Houston and open a second Tex-Mex restaurant.
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