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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Sam Shaw, The Waco Bridge

“Why Sergio?”: Deportation ends 36-year dream for celebrated Waco chef

Sergio and Sandra Garcia built popular restaurants over three decades in Waco.
Sergio and Sandra Garcia built popular restaurants over three decades in Waco. (Credit: Courtesy of Sergio Garcia family)

Early Tuesday, March 25, Sergio Garcia heated the pinto beans, rice, the fragrant carnitas and barbacoa at his Austin Avenue restaurant kitchen for the last time.

He headed out the alley door, where Sergio’s Food Truck was waiting to be loaded for the morning downtown crowd.

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