AUSTIN, Texas – The current owner of the “original Austin-style Tex-Mex” restaurant will be inducted into the Texas Restaurant Association Hall of Honor on Saturday.
- Established in 1952
- Induction ceremony in Houston
- First couple ever to receive honor
Matt’s El Rancho was established in Austin, Texas by Matt Martinez Sr. and his wife Janie in 1952. Now, Estella Martinez will head to Houston this weekend to be inducted to the TRA Hall of Honor during the annual "Night of Excellence" at the Marriot Marquis Houston Ballroom.
This will make her and her late husband, Matt Martinez, Jr. (2000) the first couple ever to receive this honor just as Matt Jr. and Matt Sr. (1986) were the first ever father and son to do so.
Estella Martinez and her sisters-in-law Gloria Reyna, Cecilia Muela, and Cathy Kreitz own and operate Matt’s El Rancho.