Molina's Cantina

[7] The restaurant was renamed to Molina's Mexican City after moving to a new location on South Main Street in 1945,[4] which they had also purchased.

[7] In the 1970s the company began catering after receiving requests from longtime customers and American presidents, even though the owners initially had no plans to do so.

[7] In 1992 Claudia Feldman of the Houston Chronicle said "the third generation is playing an increasingly important role in the operation.

"[1] Cynthia Mayer of the Philadelphia Inquirer said that Molina's, "a restaurant that began serving Mexican food long before Corona beer and body shots became the yuppie rage," helped George H. W. Bush adjust to life as a Houstonian.

[2] In 2012 Katharine Shilcutt of the Houston Press said that "there's a good chance that most Houstonians have their own favorite dishes" at Molina's.