By Jose R. Ralat
Texas Monthly
"Sylvia’s owner Norma Almaza says the New York Times distinction couldn’t come at a better time for the 22-year-old restaurant. She hopes the recognition marks the beginning of the end of the challenges she and her restaurant have faced over the last year and a half."
On October 12, the New York Times released its 2021 Restaurants List. The fifty picks, which comprise “the most vibrant and delicious restaurants in 2021,” include five Texas businesses that showcase the diversity of our state’s gastronomy. Among them are two Mexican restaurants, a barbecue joint, and a soul-food eatery. According to the introduction, together all of the picks “reflect the rich mosaic of American dining.”
But the list and the restaurants named on it do much more than that. The editorial feature comes at a time when restaurants continue to struggle from the impact of COVID restrictions, the prohibition of mask mandates, and staffing shortages.
But the list and the restaurants named on it do much more than that. The editorial feature comes at a time when restaurants continue to struggle from the impact of COVID restrictions, the prohibition of mask mandates, and staffing shortages.
One of the businesses recognized, Sylvia’s in Brownsville, is among them.
Dallas native, Texas Monthly contributor, and New York Times food staff writer Priya Krishna describes the humble diner awash with Dallas Cowboys memorabilia as standing apart from the myriad taquerias lining the border city’s Southmost Taco District “for dishes like the machacado con huevo a la Mexicana, dried shreds of rich beef and eggs encased in a giant, buttery, almost translucent tortilla.”
Sylvia's is one of my favorite Brownsville haunts, for its gigantic breakfast tacos like the one Krishna mentions (the machacado con huevo) was our taco of the week back in November 2019).
Sylvia’s owner Norma Almaza says the New York Times distinction couldn’t come at a better time for the 22-year-old restaurant. She hopes the recognition marks the beginning of the end of the challenges she and her restaurant have faced over the last year and a half. I’m excited for Almanza. I’ve been visiting the Brownsville diner since 2013 but never thought it would receive such a big national accolade.
Almaza is floored: “I’m honored! This is huge,” she says.
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The New York Slime to Conservatives....
Great place to eat Breakfast or Lunch
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