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No BuenoWhile I enjoyed the article on Velvet Taco and Torchy’s and their respective aspirations for craft-taco dominance [“Big Taco,” May 2024], I was disappointed by the passing mention of Abilene-born-and-bred Taco Bueno. While its offerings may not be as elevated or quirky as those chains, I dare you to find anyone who grew up in the Big Country, like me, or in suburban Dallas–Fort Worth who doesn’t prefer a Bueno Chilada platter or a Beef Muchaco to anything offered at comparable taco joints.  Mark Doty, Inglewood, California Dug It I was thrilled to see an article about Mason County topaz in the May 2024 issue [“The Last Blue Topaz Hunters?”]. I remember going with my parents and a gem and mineral group from Bexar County on a…

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