If you’re not from around here, you need to know that the Luby’s in McAllen is one of only 38 surviving locations of an iconic Texas cafeteria ... not see it on the menu.

Luby’s, the local cafeteria chain founded in San Antonio in 1947, is a bona fide icon of commercial Texas gastronomy. Ask any Texan of a certain age and they’ll confirm it. The restaurants are ...