Best Tex-Mex in Fort Worth · Fort Worth, TX
Joe T. Garcia's has been a Fort Worth institution since 1935, when Joe T. and Jesusita "Mama Sus" Garcia opened a tiny café that has since sprawled into a block-long compound of fountains, gardens and patios seating hundreds. The menu is famously simple — family-style enchiladas and fajitas — and it's cash only, but the margaritas and the setting keep the lines long.
Still owned by the founding family and a James Beard America's Classics honoree, it's the 2026 Centurion Award winner in Fort Worth.
Each Centurion Award is a dated record tied to one year’s evaluation — earned annually, never carried over. Open a year for the full citation and verification details.
Awards run one calendar year and renew only if the business clears the bar again. Selection is by published criteria, never for sale.
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This page is the standing record for Joe T. Garcia's (2026). It was not bought, voted on, or sponsored — only winners are published, and an award that stops holding up is revoked, not quietly removed.
If you’ve put in the years, you may already clear the bar. Evaluation is free, private, and never for sale.