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Maggie Rita's Tex-Mex Grill & Bar is a Tex-Mex restaurant in Houston. For several years, Maggie Rita's was a restaurant chain with a license co-owned by Carlos Mencia and Santiago Moreno of Suave Restaurant.〔Sandler, Eric. "(Three Ninfa's Locations Replaced by Maggie Rita's )." ''Houston Eater''. Friday July 6, 2012.〕 In January 2013, Moreno closed the last two locations they owned. Tony Shannard owns the only remaining Maggie Rita's restaurant, which is situated in Houston's JPMorgan Chase Tower. ==History== Carlos Mencia had an interest in food, and his friends suggested that he make a business out of it. Mencia met Santiago Moreno, a restaurateur, who suggested that the two of them start a restaurant chain. Mencia partnered with Moreno,〔Aulds, T.J. "(Comedian Carlos Mencia opens isle restaurant )." ''Galveston County Daily News''. August 2, 2010. Retrieved on August 23, 2012.〕 who along with David Quintanilla, was one of the two principals of the Restaurant Resource Management Group, to open Maggie Rita's.〔Elder, Laura. "(Comedian Mencia backing island eatery )." ''Galveston County Daily News''. June 1, 2010. Retrieved on August 23, 2012.〕 The first Maggie Rita's opened was located in the Galleria area of Houston. T.J. Aulds of the ''Galveston County Daily News'' characterized the opening as a "test run" and Mencia said that "We learned a lot from that experience. We tweaked a lot of things from what we learned there."〔 Shortly after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Maggie Rita's opened in that city.〔 Around 2007 a former Houlihan's location in Houston was being replaced with Maggie Rita's. Allison Wollam of the ''Houston Business Journal'' called the restaurant "a new upscale Mexican food concept."〔Wollam, Allison. "(Houlihan's retreats as first comeback store closes )." ''Houston Business Journal''. Sunday September 2, 2007. Retrieved on August 23, 2012.〕 In 2009 Syd Kearney of 29-95 said that Maggie Rita's was an "upscale Tex-Mex sports bar."〔Kearney, Syd. "(Snack on this : 6.3.09 )." 29-95. June 23, 2009. Retrieved on October 23, 2012.〕 The Maggie Rita's in Galveston, Texas opened on July 29, 2010 in the Armour & Co. building in The Strand district.〔Wollam, Allison. "(Carlos Mencia opens Maggie Rita's )." ''Houston Business Journal''. August 9, 2010. Retrieved on October 23, 2012.〕 The Galveston location was the number three Maggie Rita's.〔 Maggie Rita's had replaced a Fuddrucker's location. Laura Elder of ''The Galveston County Daily News'' said "some saw it as a strong sign of Hurricane Ike recovery and welcome investment in the island’s downtown."〔Elder, Laura. "(Maggie Rita's bids adios to island )." ''Galveston County Daily News''. January 16, 2012. Retrieved on August 23, 2012.〕 By January 2012 the restaurant in Galveston had closed.〔 In mid-2012, the three remaining franchised Ninfa's locations owned by Santiago Moreno, in the Kirby Drive area, the Galleria area, and the Interstate 45 Gulf Freeway area, were converted into Maggie Rita's. Katharine Shilcutt of the ''Houston Press'' rated the food at the new restaurants negatively and said that "()t represents a new nadir for a once-respected and beloved Houston Tex-Mex institution."〔Shilcutt, Katharine. "Maggie Rita's Takes Over Ninfa's." ''Houston Press''. Wednesday August 15, 2012. (1 ). Retrieved on August 22, 2012.〕 Shilcutt further added that the takeover caused an "uproar" in Houston and that "but to many longtime Houstonians (me included), the deal with interloper Maggie Rita's may as well have been a pact with the devil."〔Shilcutt, Katharine. "(How the Mighty Have Fallen: Ninfa's Finds Its Nadir with Maggie Rita's )." ''Houston Press''. Wednesday August 15, 2012. Retrieved on August 22, 2012.〕 As of April 2013 only one Maggie Rita's restaurant remains in operation.〔Shilcutt, Katherine. "(Restaurants Behaving Badly: Maggie Rita's Calls Houston Woman "Fat" on Facebook )." ''Houston Press''. Thursday April 4, 2013. Retrieved on May 6, 2013.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maggie Rita's」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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