Mi Cocina is a Tex-Mex restaurant.
History
Chef Michael "Mico" Rodriguez, with $77,500 in backing from Ray Washburne, Dick Washburne, and Bob McNutt, opened the first location of Mi Cocina in the summer of 1991 at Preston Road and Forest Lane in Dallas.[1] It accepted Visa credit cards, which was uncommon for a restaurant then. The original restaurant was still operational as of 2021.[2]
The restaurant expanded to Highland Park Village in 1993. By 1999, the Dallas Morning News called this location "the most popular 'see and be seen' Tex-Mex restaurant" in Texas, popular with celebrities such as Dallas Cowboys players.[2]
Rodriguez left under acrimonious terms in 2009 over accusations he stole from the company.[1]