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when I was younger, we used to drive down to the Valley (Brownsville, Tx) to visit my dad's godfather (being Italian, this had special significance!) who lived in Pharr. We never failed to go to Reynosa, to a little bar there. I of course was never old enough to have margaritas or the like, but I do remember that my parents and the godfather considered this the best restaurant/bar in the area.

I hated driving down there because one saw nothing but flat flat flat farmland and monotonous landscape, but once we got there, we loaded up on Ruby Reds, cajeta (goat's milk caramel), pottery, paper flowers, and vanilla...that was back before Mexican vanilla was banned.

I actually miss those days. We only went into Reynosa because my dad's godfather had a very good rapport with the locals and we knew we wouldn't have much trouble if he was along.