Our story · the Murguia family
A store grew a porch.
El Tejavan is Spanish for “the front porch.” The name is the story.
From Grand Street to I-40
How it happened.
Told the way the family tells it on their own site.
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A store on Grand Street
Jose and Patricia Murguia ran a store on Grand Street in Amarillo.
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Tacos and tortas
They started selling tacos and tortas to earn extra money.
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A front porch
They soon added a front porch and turned the space into a restaurant, and named it El Tejavan.
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Two restaurants on I-40
Today the family runs two full-service restaurants along I-40, for locals and for travelers passing through.
In the kitchen
Guadalajara recipes. Tortillas every day.
The Murguia family and their extended relatives cook homemade family recipes from their native city of Guadalajara. In their own words: “We serve fresh hand made corn tortillas daily!”