Welcome to Scott Joseph's Foodster Awards for Independent Restaurants.
In the Tex-Mex category, Winter Park’s Pepe’s Cantina took the Platinum award while the charming JJ’s Grille took the gold. Cocina 214, whose very name unabashedly identifies it as Tex and not authentic Mexican (214 is the area code for Dallas), was a show, to use a racing term. (Cocina 214 hosts an annual May 5 race of chihuahuas, with, I can only imagine, teeny tiny jockeys.)
These restaurants are nominated for Best Tex-Mex. (Click here for Best Mexican.)
Note: Best Tacos will be a separate category to be announced later.
To vote for your favorite, check the box next to the name and then click the VOTE button at the bottom of the list of nominees. You may vote for only one nominee and you may vote only once. After you have voted, the VOTE button will no longer appear on the page.
You may write in the name of a restaurant that you'd like to nominate. But remember: The Foodster Awards are exclusively for independent businesses, defined as having three or fewer locations -- no chains. Any write-in nominees that don't meet that definition will be removed from the list. Also, do not write in the name of a restaurant or lounge that is already named in the list -- by doing so you may actually reduce the number of votes that restaurant might receive because only the votes on the first listing will be counted.
To learn about some of the candidates and to get a coupon, click on a Campaign Button on the right side of the page.
After voting, leave a comment below telling us who you voted for and why. We may use your comment if your favorite is the winner.
Voting ends May 4, 2017, and the winners will be announced in the May 5 edition of my eletter.
