Dining Out: Houston eateries take pride in food, service

My daughter had the rolled, fried flautas filled with shredded beef and topped with delicious green and red dipping sauces plus shredded fresco cheese, sprinkled over the flautas to look like the Mexican flag. Pretty cool touch at a place that has a lot of them.

Tres leches cake was on the menu, so of course we had to have some, and it was simple, milky and delicious, in a huge square that my four kids and I could all share. We also sipped a "dulce de mango," a sort of mango shake topped with lots of cream and caramel. This place, too, seemed proud of its menu and of its place in local culture. I trust, from its years in business and the continual crowds moving through during our meal, that the locals feel the same.

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