Hecho en Mexico - The Story of Don Pablo’s: Welcome to the Don Pablo’s Web site, home of the Real Enchilada®. As an original Mexican restaurant serving traditional food, we see authenticity as muy importante. Our recipes are prepared fresh, on-site, to ensure the best-tasting Mexican food north of the Rio Grande. But, as you will soon see, creating great Mexican food requires the right recipe.
Mexican cooks working on ranches at the turn of the century created foods for the range-roving cowboys. Their staples included pinto beans, tortillas, rice, cheese (usually from goats), and all ingredients that were easy to find or grow, easy to store, and easy to transport.
The Mexican cooks would use cuts of beef and marinate it, grill it over Mesquite wood, or let it simmer in a stew until tender and use it for enchiladas.