A little bit American. A little bit Mexican.

That’s the idea behind the new Tex-Mex Taco House opening up later this month on Clark Street.

When the restaurant, owned by Aaron and Suhai Boyer, opens, it will be the seventh restaurant in town offering Mexican food.

While all of the other Mexican restaurants in Albert Lea are mainly in operation for lunch and dinner, the Boyers said their restaurant will be open for breakfast and lunch, from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.

There will be foods such as breakfast tacos with bacon, Mexican sausage or potato and egg, refried beans, toast, and pancakes to name a few of the options.

For lunch there will be offerings such as tacos, gorditas, chicken salad and hamburgers, and people can request special-order tamales.

Homemade tortillas will be used, and customers will be served chips and salsa while their order is being made.

Suhai said the project has been a couple years in the making. She had a restaurant similar to it in Texas and wanted to try something new in Albert Lea.

Aaron works at Dave Syverson Auto Mall, and the couple has four children.

Aaron said he and his father, Scott Boyer, own a few downtown buildings, of which the Tex-Mex Taco House, 115 E. Clark St., is one.

The couple said they hope their restaurant will provide more eating options for employees at Albert Lea Medical Center and other downtown businesses. They noted they are not too worried about starting up a Mexican restaurant less than a block away from The Taco King on the corner of Broadway Avenue and Clark Street, as they believe each restaurant offers different foods.

Aaron said the building has been completely renovated, with new tile, paint, furniture and decorations. Wi-Fi will be available for customers.

The restaurant has space to expand in the building in case Boyers choose to do so down the road.

Suhai said when the business first gets going, it will be run mainly by herself and other family members from both sides.

“We want to know our clients by their name,” she said.

Look for a sign on the outside of the building to let people know that the restaurant is open. The Boyers said it will open mid-November.

Other restaurants offering Mexican food in Albert Lea are The Taco King and Taco Bell downtown, Casa Zamora and Taco John’s on East Main Street and Plaza Morena and La Guadalupana at Northbridge Mall.