Joe T. Garcia's

I spent the day with three of my friends from work in Fort Worth. We visited the Leonardo Da Vinci exhibit at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History. We really learned a lot about the fascinating mind of Da Vinci through the many stages of his inventions and improvements to former inventions. We toured more of the museum and had lunch at the cafe. We enjoyed the presentation at the Planetarium with the Texas Night Sky show. We moved from the Planetarium to the IMAX to watch a film made about the life of Van Gogh. Did you know that Van Gogh only painted for 10 years and in that span of time painted over 900 paintings? It was a very informative film but left us all feeling sad since he committed suicide at 37 years old, having sold only one painting during his lifetime. We rounded out our museum day at the Cowgirl Museum which had an exhibit on Georgia O'Keefe. It was a really great, informative day.

After all the enlightening information we decided to visit a Fort Worth institution, Joe T. Garcia's restaurant. At first appearance, this restaurant is not impressive, but we sat outside and their patio area is unbelievably beautiful. It is a Mexican restaurant that opened in 1935 and still operates the same way (no credit cards - cash only). They do not have a menu, since the menu never changes and is very short. The choices are fajitas or the family style dinner. They serve beef or chicken fajitas or you can get a combination, which comes with rice, beans, guacamole, flour tortillas, pico-de-gallo, chips and salsa. The family-style dinner comes with 2 cheese nachos as appetizers, 2 cheese enchiladas, rice, beans, 2 beef tacos, guacamole, 2 corn tortillas, chis and hot sauce. We ordered one of each of the entrees for the four of us, and left with two to-go containers. The food was delicious and the patio was beautiful. It was a fabulous day!!!