Sonny Falcón, Fajita King, dies at 81

Sonny Falcón, Fajita King, dies at 81. Photo credit Luke's Inside Out

The man known to many in the Kyle area as the Fajita King, is no longer with us. Juan Antonio “Sonny’ Falcón died at age 81. Falcón is credited with creating the fajita and sharing it with the public at a Diez & Seis celebration in Kyle.

Born in 1938 in Mercedes in the Rio Grande Valley, Sonny Falcón was a promising baseball player who moved to Austin in 1958.

As a butcher 50 years ago, he experimented with taking skirt steak (normally used to make hamburger meat) and wrapping it with bacon then broiling it. He then chopped the steak, put it in a tortilla and added some hot sauce.

He was onto something, for sure.

Kyle is still known by older residents as the home of the fajita.

A celebration of Falcón's life is planned for early 2020. His son, John Falcón, said fajitas will be served before his father’s internment at the Texas State Cemetery.

(Photo Credit: Luke's Inside Out)