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Lompoc has been inhabited for thousands of years by the Chumash people, who called the area lumpo'o̥, meaning 'in the cheeks' in the local Purisimeño language. [2] The Spanish called the area Lompoco after Fermín de Lasuén had established Misión La Purísima in 1787. In 1837, the Mexican government sold the area as the Rancho Lompoc land
Rancho Lompoc was a 42,085-acre (170.31 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Santa Barbara County, California given in 1837 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to Joaquín Carrillo and José Antonio Carrillo. [1] The grant extended from present-day Lompoc west to the Pacific coast. [2] [3]
Boston, Massachusetts area. 1986 2 BurritoVille: Jersey City, New Jersey: New York City: 1992 1 Cafe Rio: Salt Lake City, Utah: St. George, Utah: 1997 120 California Tortilla: Potomac, Maryland: Bethesda, Maryland: 1995 40 Californios: San Francisco, California San Francisco, California 2015 1 First Mexican restaurant to receive two Michelin ...
"California in 1846" map shows geographic distribution of Spanish and Mexican land grants Mexican land grants of Tehama County, California (Bureau of Land Management map, 1997) These California land grants were made by Spanish (1784–1821) and Mexican (1822–1846) authorities of Las Californias and Alta California to private individuals ...
Rancho San Julian was a 48,222-acre (195.15 km 2) Mexican land grant and present-day ranch in present-day Santa Barbara County, California given in 1837 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to José de la Guerra y Noriega. [1] The grant name probably refers to José Antonio Julian de la Guerra. The grant was located west of present-day Santa Barbara ...
A local Mexican restaurant chain has closed its two Sacramento area locations. In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Mexico Lindo Cocina Mexicana announced that its eateries in El Dorado Hills and ...
A typical El Pollo Loco restaurant as shown in 2006. El Pollo Loco prepares primarily Mexican chicken entrees. The company describes its chicken as "citrus-marinated and fire-grilled." The American company also offers Mexican-style food, such as tacos, burritos, enchiladas, and quesadillas. [4] A common meal from the chain.
Introducing Mexican food to America was not El Chico's only notable feat: It was also one of the early chain restaurants, with multiple locations at a time when mom-and-pop single-location restaurants ruled. [2] Joe V. Carvajal was an integral part of the success of many of the El Chico restaurants in the 1960s and '70s.