Simple Pleasures
WHEN EDDIE ARZOLA Was 17, he was grilling fajitas with his buddies on a street corner in Austin. After a successful and occasionally bumpy restaurant career-notably, as the force behind the venerated Chuy Arzola’s, known as simply Chuy’s during its 19 years in Dogtown-the 61-year-old is back at the flat-top griddle. This time, he’s in Benton Park at Arzola’s Fajitas & Margaritas, which focuses on what locals best remember the family for making. Yes, it’s all in the name.
It’s funny. My wife got a job when she was on vacation in Austin and moved there at the age of 18. I met her when she was working in one of the Jorge’s restaurants, and she encouraged me to take my talents to the St. Louis area, where she was from, since Tex-Mex restaurants in Austin
