Refried beans Refried beans Refried beans (Spanish: "frijoles refritos") is a dish of cooked and mashed beans and is a traditional staple of Mexican and Tex-Mex cuisine, although each cuisine has a different approach when making the dish. Refried beans are also popular in many other Latin American countries. The name is a direct calque of Spanish "frijoles refritos", "refritos" meaning "rehashed" or "reheated" in English. In this dish, after being boiled and then mashed into a paste, the beans are sometimes then fried or baked, though usually neither, thus making the term "refried" even more misleading. In northern Mexico and in
On the Border Mexican Grill & Cantina On the Border Mexican Grill & Cantina On The Border Mexican Grill & Cantina is a chain of Tex-Mex food casual dining restaurants located in the United States and Puerto Rico, and recently opened in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and South Korea. The chain and brand name is owned by OTB Acquisition LLC. The first On The Border location opened on October 29, 1982 in Dallas Texas. On March 3, 2009, the chain lost its wholly owned subsidiary designation when it was merged into Brinker International as a company brand. In 2010, Brinker International sold On the Border