The story starts with Tim, my now husband, moving to Austin from Boston in 1995. He went on a date with a local who stated Manuel’s restaurant had the best Mexican food in town and he ordered fajitas for them. It was his very first time having real Mexican food. He loved it so very much that he kept on coming back all the time. Fast-forward, I moved to Austin from Brazil in 2007 and was introduced to Manuel’s Mexican food by Tim at that point. I trusted him to order for us and he got us the same fajitas that he loved so much! It was my very first time eating Mexican food as well. A funny anecdote, both of us were surprised when the fajitas arrived at the table and we had to assemble our own dinners. This is all to tell you that we’ve enjoyed coming to this restaurant so much and appreciate how you’ve kept up with the amazing service and high-quality food over all these years.