There’s a new restaurant in town and it’s located in Clark’s on the Intercoastal. Daniel Huerta is the very young appearing manager of this restaurant whose specialty is Mexican cuisine. And it doesn’t seem the standard Tex-Mex food, but has a more subtle approach. If you’re attuned to food with a South-of-the Boarder flavor, this is the place! The view is unbelievable from the balcony, and it has become the spot for many residents and visitors to enjoy their lunches and dinners.

Daniel is the young son of a food-oriented family specializing in creating food for us Texans; he is a young 28 and a college graduate with an engineering degree. But the lure of the family business caused him to make a career change. Following his older brother to Ennis, Texas, he became a part of El Mexicano Grill #1, starting at the very bottom as a dishwasher of the operation. However, he soon worked his way up that ladder into a managerial position. Then, he came to Seadrift to operate El Mexicano Grill #3, following set-up help from another brother. Working in Seadrift for several years and gathering a strong taste for coastal living, Daniel achieved his strong desire for his own restaurant now here in Port O’Connor.

The menus of the six restaurants are quite similar, although each features dishes peculiar to the individual tastes of the area. Here in Port O’Connor and Seadrift, items featuring fish are available. Specials of the day will be provided to each diner by the helpful and courteous wait-staff.

Although Daniel has been made aware that the food business in Port O’Connor lessens during the winter season, he has reiterated that the restaurant will remain open, and further, he is planning an addition to breakfast hours. And, he is also planning to feature soon home-made flour tortillas as is the practice of the other restaurants in the family. Asking him what his favorite dish is, he named #28, La Hacienda Plate, which I will try on my next visit, though I am looking forward to finding Sour Cream Enchiladas on his menu!

Daniel Huerta Manager, El Mexicano Grill #6

HAPPY 91ST BIRTHDAY, MARIE RICHTER on July 27th

A 30 cubic yard roll-off bin will be located behind the fence on 16th and Harrison for MUD customers to bring bulky waste to be hauled off. The bin will be there on Friday, August 12 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. MUD customers only may deposit large items like carpet, furniture, mattress, stove, etc. MUD customers must sign in with their name and Port O’Connor physical address. Please, no commercial waste; this is for residential waste only. Do not put any refrigerators, a/c units, paint, tires, gas cans or any unacceptable waste in the bin.

St. Patrick Church in Seadrift will be offering homemade eggrolls and rice for sale at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, July 24. Please stop by for some good food, the purchase of which will help St. Patrick’s build a new hall.

Thank You

The Port O’Connor Volunteer Fire Department would like to thank everyone who donated to our fund raiser.

Port O’Connor VFD

Doom and Gloom or Facts and Figures?

To answer GB:

If I tell you the tire on your pick-up is half flat and the tread is starting to separate, is that ‘doom and gloom’? Or if I see a big rattler under the see-saw at the kids playground, should I not speak up?

Maybe you need to turn one of your TVs to something other than MSNBC or CNN. As for Social Security, I’ve listened to liberal Democrats accuse the Repubs of “wanting to cut SS” for over 40 years, and who cut the COLA (Cost of living adjustment)? OBAMA! ‘09 and ‘10, and there is no talk on The Hill about it for ‘11 because there no money left. Congress has wasted SS funds since LBJ, and liberal/socialist have added so much “Supplemental Social Security” for drug addicts, drunks, being overweight, or other reasons not originally intended. And much of the funding for Medicare is being transferred to ObamaCare, future medical care for seniors will be more limited and rationed. If you sell your house after Jan 1 you will pay a special tax to ObamaCare of 3.8%.

And why is the only argument Obama supporters have left is to accuse anyone that points out his failures is to cry- Racist! It is so-o LAME! The reason we don’t have a totalitarian gov’t is the millions of us who swore the Oath “to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic.” and meant it. That Oath does NOT ETS or terminate with employment. I absolutely support your right to express your opinion, only wish that you would back it up with facts or rational argument, not silly, emotional accusations.

For your information, I consider myself to be a Jeffersonian Democrat, but our party has been hijacked by such radical Socialists that the Communist Party USA supports them. They have moved their agenda so far to the left that they are the de facto Communist party. The Repubs are historically the big-government, big business party, but are showing great signs of improvement. I don’t really trust the Country Club Repub leadership, but I will not support in any way the present “Democrat” party. Until the Democrat Party cleans itself of these anti-American elements, I urge local Democrats to repudiate the DNC and run as independents or Independent Democrats If you march under the Communist banner, you are supporting them, and that makes you one of them. Sad, but true.

If you want to play on the see-saw, go ahead, that’s what freedom is all about, but don’t say you weren’t warned.

Bill Brayshaw
Seadrift

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