Editing Tex-Mex (section)

=== Outside the US ===
[[File:Zarillo Western & Tex Mex Puutarhakatu 8.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|Zarillo Western & Tex Mex restaurant in [[Tampere]], [[Finland]]]]
In [[France]], [[Paris]]'s first Tex-Mex restaurant opened in March 1983.<ref name=":3">{{cite web|url=http://www.houstonpress.com/2000-11-23/restaurants/the-french-connection/2/|title=The French Connection|last=Walsh|first=Robb|date=23 November 2000|website=Houstonpress.com|access-date=14 October 2017}}</ref> According to restaurateur Claude Benayoun, business had been slow, but after the 1986 release of the film ''[[Betty Blue]]'', which featured characters drinking [[tequila]] shots and eating ''[[chili con carne]]'', "everything went crazy."<ref name=":3" /> According to Benayoun, "''Betty Blue'' was like our ''[[Easy Rider]]''; it was unbelievably popular in France. And after the movie came out, everybody in Paris wanted a shot of tequila and a bowl of chili."<ref name=":3" />

Tex-Mex became widely introduced in the [[Nordic countries]] and the [[United Kingdom]] in the early 1990s through brands like [[Old El Paso]] and ''Santa Maria'', and very quickly became a staple meal in the Nordics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theculturetrip.com/europe/norway/articles/how-taco-tuesday-became-taco-friday-in-norway/|title=How Taco Tuesday Became Taco Friday in Norway|access-date=9 July 2021|date=23 July 2018|website=The Culture Trip}}</ref> Minor local variations on Tex-Mex in these areas are to use [[gouda cheese]], or to substitute taco shells with stuffed [[pita]] breads. Previously, Tex-Mex had been sold on a limited scale in [[Stavanger]], Norway since the late 1960s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/rogaland/_-vi-solgte-taco-og-tortillachips-for-alle-andre-1.14297697|title=– Vi solgte taco og tortillachips før alle andre|language=nb|access-date=9 July 2021|date=23 November 2018|website=[[NRK]]}}</ref>

Tex-Mex has also spread to [[Canada]], where it has become as naturalized as in the United States. The cuisine is also readily found in [[Argentina]], [[India]], [[Japan]], [[Mexico]], the [[Netherlands]], [[Thailand]], and many other countries.<ref name=":3" />