Tejas

So what if you haven’t waxed the Lexus lately? Trend food is now in reach of the proletariat on the Tejas lunch menu. We once walked into the Southwest-style eatery at the spiritual (if not geographic) center of Edina and asked for a takeout menu and instead received a withering glance. Now, three years later, they have one. Yes, trend food can be as obnoxious as a cosmetic surgeon who trying to parallel-park his Suburban. But Tejas fare is not just fashionable—it’s good. For lunch, you can’t go wrong with the fresh-tasting Maine lobster roll and fries. For more of a trip, try the only open-faced tamale we’ve ever seen, with barbecue pork and other nice morsels resting on yam masa and a cornhusk. Bring a bigger wallet for dinner. We recommend the beef tenderloin with barbecue bernaise. This sauce may sound more like heresy than innovation, but we’ve never left a drop on the plate.