Houston Restaurants: 5 Best Tex-Mex Chain Restaurants

Houston restaurants offer patrons some of Texas' best cuisine. Among the many Houston restaurants to choose from are some of the best pizza places, best burger places, and best Mexican restaurants in the country. Yet not all of the best Houston restaurants are the fine-dining or one-of-a-kind experiences; some of the best Houston restaurants, in fact, are the local Tex-Mex chains of some of America's most popular Tex-Mex chain restaurants.

The Daily Meal put together a list of America's 15 Best Tex-Mex Chain Restaurants, many of which call Houston home. In order to come up with the list, The Daily Meal assembled a list of about 50 Tex-Mex chain restaurants and put together a survey that was then taken by our readers. Readers were allowed to vote for up to 25 chains and were asked to vote for those they believed excel in ingredient quality, service, selection, and overall experience.

On that list is the much-loved Chipotle, which has several locations throughout Houston and is famous for its burritos, burritos bowls, and guacamole.

Another very popular Tex-Mex chain restaurant located in Houston is Taco Bell, which is the largest and best-known of all the Tex-Mex chains.

Chili's Grill & Bar is a very popular Tex-Mex chain also located in Houston, and is best known today for its sizzling fajitas, premium burgers, and baby back ribs. Del Taco, another of the best Tex-Mex chains in the States, also calls Houston home and is known for its breakfast burritos and American-style tacos.

Chuy's is yet another one of the best Tex-Mex chains in the U.S. with a location in Houston. Some of Chuy's popular items include the chile relleno, which is a stuffed fire-roasted Anaheim pepper with cheese, ground sirloin, chicken and cheese, or shrimp and cheese inside.