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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The family, friends, and many admirers of |
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restaurateur Matt Gayton Martinez, Jr., of Dallas are mourning his |
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death on March 13, 2009, at the age of 63; and |
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WHEREAS, Born and raised in Austin, Mr. Martinez was part of a |
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venerable restaurant dynasty; in 1925, his grandfather opened one |
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of the first Tex-Mex restaurants in Austin, and in 1952, his father, |
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Matt Martinez, Sr., opened the Austin landmark Matt's El Rancho; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, In the mid-1980s, Matt Martinez, Jr., built on his |
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family's reputation for good food and outstanding customer service |
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in Dallas, where he opened several restaurants, including the |
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popular Matt's Rancho Martinez; he personally approved every recipe |
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in his restaurants, and in 2006, he published a cookbook, MexTex: |
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Traditional Tex-Mex Taste, celebrating the cuisine's timeless |
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favorites; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Martinez also introduced such techniques as |
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"early Texas prairie-style cooking" to restaurant diners; he was an |
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avid hunter and fisherman, and catfish, quail, and dove were often |
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served at his upscale restaurant No Place, and he was also known for |
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his famed Bob Armstrong Dip, named after the former Texas land |
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commissioner; and |
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WHEREAS, Generous and outgoing, Matt Martinez took his |
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greatest pleasure in cooking and entertaining, and all who entered |
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his restaurants were instantly made to feel like welcome and valued |
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old friends; he will long be remembered with admiration and |
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affection by all who were privileged to know him; now, therefore, be |
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it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Matt Gayton Martinez, |
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Jr., and extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to |
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his wife of 40 years, Estella B. Martinez; to his mother, Janie |
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Martinez; to his children, Jesse G. Martinez, Christine Nicole |
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Lopez and her husband, Jahaziel, Matt Martinez III and his wife, |
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Jenn, Joaquin Miguel Martinez and his wife, Juanette, and Marco |
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Javier Martinez; to his grandchildren, DeAnthony, Christopher, |
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Jordan, Alysia, Micheal, Kameron, Teresa, Tylor, Noah, Jahaziel, |
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Maya, Nicholas, Thomas, Marisol, Alex, Gabriella, Marco, and |
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Izabelle; to his great-grandson, Jayden; to his sisters, Gloria |
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Marie Reyna and her husband, Roy, Cecilia Ann Muela and her husband, |
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Charles, and Cathy Krietz and her husband, Darrell; and to his other |
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family and many friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Matt |
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Martinez, Jr. |