Matt’s El Rancho celebrates 65 years

AUSTIN (KXAN) — With the constant ebb and flow of restaurants closings and openings, Matt’s El Rancho in south Austin has been serving up Tex-Mex for the the past 65 years.
On Thursday, July 6, the restaurant is celebrating its 65th birthday with live bands and even a magician! The restaurant will also be celebrating what would have been restaurant founder’s Matt Martinez’s 100th birthday.
In 1923, at the age of six, Matt started selling tamales from a wooden pushcart aro