Casa Maria Mexican Restaurant

Don Gollito on West Van Buren Avenue has served breakfast and lunch since 2019, from chilaquiles and gorditas to carne guisada plates, and calls itself the home of the pistachio cake.

Antojitos Mi Reynita is a family-owned spot on Loop 499 cooking Mexican breakfast and lunch, from migas and breakfast tacos to menudo, sopes and its Taco Loco.

Chapita's on North 77 Sunshine Strip is a Mexican restaurant that serves breakfast and lunch and offers catering. The menu includes caldo de res, enchilada and fajita plates, chicken fried steak, and botana platters.

A cafe and caterer on North 10th Street.

City Coffee Shop is a cafe on South 1st Street in downtown Harlingen.

Colletti's on South 1st Street in downtown Harlingen serves home-style Italian food, from pasta and pizza to salads, gelato and pastries, and it has a meeting room for groups. The Harlingen Chamber lists it as the only family-owned Italian restaurant in Harlingen.

Costa Messa has served Mexican and Tex-Mex in McAllen since 2002, with dishes like a 9-ounce churrasco, mollejas doraditas, whole red snapper and tacos de trompo. Lunch specials run weekdays 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Costa Messa has served Mexican and Tex-Mex in McAllen since 2002, with dishes like a 9-ounce churrasco, mollejas doraditas, whole red snapper and tacos de trompo. Lunch specials run weekdays 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.