You can serve up chips and salsa from Chevy's, but then Mexico is the wrong label. The correct culture label would be American ex-urbs. |
Read the books. It was part of Mexico. |
"It became its own country, called the Republic of Texas, from 1836 until it agreed to join the United States in 1845." https://www.history.com/news/9-things-you-may-not-know-about-texas |