Industry News
Tacombi Featuring Tacos from Michelin-Starred El Califa de León
Two acclaimed taquerias are joining forces to bring New York City (NYC) customers a taste of Michelin-starred tacos. Mexico City-based El Califa De Leon, the world’s first Michelin-starred taqueria, has partnered Tacombi to launch a one-night pop-up Read more
Oct 10, 2024
4:09 PM
Q&A: At Rodrigo’s Mexican Grill, Long-Term Relationships, Lack of Commissary Breed Success
Rodrigo’s Mexican Grill is a family-owned 10-location multi-unit in southern California founded in 1972 by Roderick and Patricia Fraser. In this Q&A with el Restaurante Publisher Ed Avis, Rod Fraser, the company’s CEO and grandson of the founders Read more
Oct 10, 2024
11:14 AM
“Choose Mexican Wine” Campaign Launched
Mexican wine has been growing in importance in that country and around the world, and now three Mexican wine-related organizations have launched a campaign to fuel the growth. Read more
Oct 9, 2024
8:07 AM
Tacombi Featuring Tacos from Michelin-Starred El Califa de León
Two acclaimed taquerias are joining forces to bring New York City (NYC) customers a taste of Michelin-starred tacos. Mexico City-based El Califa De Leon, the world’s first Michelin-starred taqueria, has partnered Tacombi to launch a one-night pop-up Read more
Oct 10, 2024
Q&A: At Rodrigo’s Mexican Grill, Long-Term Relationships, Lack of Commissary Breed Success
Rodrigo’s Mexican Grill is a family-owned 10-location multi-unit in southern California founded in 1972 by Roderick and Patricia Fraser. In this Q&A with el Restaurante Publisher Ed Avis, Rod Fraser, the company’s CEO and grandson of the founders Read more
Oct 10, 2024
“Choose Mexican Wine” Campaign Launched
Mexican wine has been growing in importance in that country and around the world, and now three Mexican wine-related organizations have launched a campaign to fuel the growth. Read more
Oct 9, 2024
MegaMex Foods Launches 3 New WHOLLY® GUACAMOLE Flavors for Foodservice
Guacamole is a staple for Mexican restaurants — as an appetizer, topper and versatile ingredient used on numerous menu items. To help Mexican restaurant operators maximize their success with guacamole, MegaMex Foods is expanding its WHOLLY® Guacamole Read more
Oct 8, 2024
Mexican Restaurants Debut in Austin
September and October have been big months on the restaurant scene in Austin, with three new spots joining the very robust roster of Mexican restaurants in this Texas city that ranked No. 4 overall as best US city for food and drinks in Food & Wine Read more
Oct 8, 2024
Webinar Will Help Mexican Restaurants with Social Media
Are you struggling to keep your restaurant's social media presence fresh and engaging? A free webinar — Digital Hospitality: 7 Social Media Tactics That Will Get You ALL the Customers — on October 17 at 1 p.m. Central time can help! Read more
Oct 7, 2024
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Reimagined Barberitos Debuts in Florida
Barberitos Southwestern Grille and Cantina has opened a location that features a revamped menu and interior design. The new menu features more farm-fresh, nutritious dishes crafted in-house, according to a press release, and the interior is designed Read more
Oct 7, 2024
California Tortilla Adds Maryland Spot, Plans 100 New Locations
California Tortilla®, a California-style Mexican concept with 30 locations, has signed an agreement with a former employee to open a new franchise location in Maryland’s Montgomery County. The company is looking to grow further around Baltimore and W Read more
Oct 3, 2024
Illegal Pete’s Interview, Part 3 of 3: Using Old Buildings for New Locations
We love adaptive reuse and to get into historical buildings. I believe that when you move into a historic building that you sort of gain that history. So you almost have a built-in history. I absolutely love that. Read more
Oct 2, 2024
Swing State Restaurant Openings
Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin are three states getting all kinds of attention as November 5 approaches. Here at el Restaurante, we’re leaving politics to the pundits, and just reporting on the culinary scene in these swing states, which have r Read more
Oct 2, 2024
NYC Mexican Restaurant Corima Joins No-Food-Waste Week
Corima, a new modern Northern Mexican restaurant in New York’s Chinatown that was just named one of Bon Appetit's Best New Restaurant 2024, is participating in a week-long program to reduce waste in restaurants. Read more
Oct 1, 2024
Chicago’s Best Tacos Revealed!
Yelp has released its list of Best Taco Spots in Every State. And for 2024, that honor in el Restaurante’s home state of Illinois goes to Chicago’s El Tragón Taqueria, a “cozy taqueria, located in a gas station parking lot,” that Gerardo Madrigal ope Read more
Sep 30, 2024
Ay Güey, the Best of Two Mexican Worlds: Wrestling and Tacos
Ay Güey Taquería and Bar, new restaurant in Springville, Alabama, unites the best of two Mexican worlds: wrestling and tacos. Read more
Sep 27, 2024
Antojo Industry Expo Features First Latina President of Chefs De Cuisine Association-LA
Chef Fionna Espana, the first Latina president of the American Culinary Federation (ACF) Chefs de Cuisine Association California Los Angeles, is set to captivate audiences with special cooking demonstrations on October 13 and 14 during the Antojo Ind Read more
Sep 26, 2024
Torchy’s Tacos Expands Into Nashville
Torchy’s Tacos has expanded into Nashville, Tennessee. The multi-unit taco restaurant, which has over 125 locations in 14 states, opened its first location in that city on September 18. Read more
Sep 25, 2024
Inspiring Video Celebrates District Taco’s 15th Birthday
Turning 15 years old is a big deal in Mexican communities, which explains why the quinceanera is so important. So naturally when District Taco, a multi-unit taqueria based in Falls Church, Virginia, turned 15, they celebrated. Founder Osiris Hoil and Read more
Sep 24, 2024
Petition Drive for Hispanic Restaurant Week
The Hispanic Restaurant Association, a non-profit organization headquartered in Denver, is seeking support to help a congressional resolution get over the finish line. The resolution would recognize National Hispanic Restaurant Week during Hispanic H Read more
Sep 24, 2024
National Taco Day on Tuesday From Now On
National Taco Day has been celebrated on October since it became an “official” day in 2013. But a lot of people associate tacos with Tuesdays, so Taco Bell pressed the National Day Calendar to change the holiday to permanently coincide with Tuesday. Read more
Sep 19, 2024
Minneapolis Mexican Restaurant Among Bon Appétit’s Best New Restaurants
September 9 was a good day for Gustavo and Kate Romero of at Oro by Nixta, in Minneapolis. That was the day Bon Appétit published its coveted “Best New Restaurants” list, which this year included the husband-and-wife team’s corn-focused restaurant t Read more
Sep 18, 2024
Fuzzy’s Taco Shop Helping Feed Kids
Fuzzy’s Taco Shop is teaming up with Share our Strength and No Kid Hungry to support their ‘Food is the Most Important School Supply’ campaign. Read more
Sep 18, 2024
