Tex-Mex flavors are taking over Long Island, and if Chico's Tex-Mex has anything to say about it, the beat isn’t stopping anytime soon.

Chico’s Tex-Mex, owned by Shirley native Vinay Galani, started as a food truck in 2018. The eatery opened its fourth outpost, in Commack, in the space that housed Burrito Loco on Commack Road. Chico's Tex-Mex has other locations in Selden, East Setauket and Bohemia, plus two food trucks.

"It’s just snowballed," Galani said.

With a menu of crowd-pleasers like chicken wings ($19.99 for a dozen) and BBQ chicken empanadas ($5.50), Chico's also serves birria tacos ($15.50 for three), chalupas ($12.99 for two). Twists on Tex-Mex favorites include a chipotle chicken bacon mac and cheese burrito ($16.99) and crunch tacos, a hard shell wrapped in a soft tortil

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