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Another origin was the founding of Acapulco Mexican Restaurant and Cantina in 1960. In 1998, Acapulco became owned by the private equity firm Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co., [2] which expanded it into Real Mex Restaurants, acquiring El Torito, Chevy's Fresh Mex and other Mexican full-service chains. [3]
El Torito (Spanish for "the little bull") is an American chain that serves Mexican food.El Torito operates 25 restaurants all in California. [1] El Torito is one of several Mexican cuisine restaurant chains operated by Xperience Restaurant Group.
In 1988, there were 55 Pancho's Mexican Buffet restaurants. [15] At the end of 2000, there were 48 restaurants, and the company employed 2001 people. [14] In September 2004, there were 40 restaurants, located in the U.S. states of Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. [16]
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El Pollo Loco (United States) Costa Mesa, California: Los Angeles, California 1980 480 Based in the United States, not related to Mexican company El Taco Tote: El Paso, Texas: Ciudad Juárez, Mexico: 1988 23 Don Pedro Mexican Restaurant San Antonio, Texas: San Antonio, Texas: 1968 1 Dos Reales Champaign, Illinois: 7 El Bajío: Mexico City ...
When Compass Group acquired Restaurant Associates in 1998, Acapulco became owned by Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co., a private equity firm that had an ownership stake in Restaurant Associates. [4] Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co. used Acapulco as the starting point of Real Mex Restaurants, acquiring such chains as El Torito and Chevys Fresh Mex.
Roberto's Taco Shop was founded in 1964, by Roberto Robledo (1928–1999) and his wife Dolores (1930–2020). [2] [3] They had immigrated from Mexico to California in the 1950s.
A Chevys Fresh Mex restaurant in January 2020. The chain was founded in 1981 by Warren Simmons, [3] with his first restaurant in Alameda, California. [4] It grew to 37 restaurants across California by August 1993, when it was acquired by PepsiCo subsidiary Taco Bell.