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El Torito was founded in 1954 by Larry J. Cano. [2] Cano had served tours in the U.S Army in Europe and Korea, earned a business degree and worked tending bar. In 1954 he was managing a Polynesian restaurant. When the restaurant’s owner died, his widow gave Cano the restaurant.
Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co. used Acapulco as the starting point of Real Mex Restaurants, acquiring such chains as El Torito and Chevys Fresh Mex. In 2006, Sun Capital Partners, Inc. purchased Real Mex Restaurants for $359 million from Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co. [5]
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 ...
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] The company's reach is now nationwide, and the company claims to be the largest Mexican restaurant chain in the United ...
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Salsarita's Fresh Mexican Grill is a chain of fast casual Tex Mex restaurants in the United States serving Mexican-style cuisine. [2] Restaurant service consists of: dine-in, take-out, online ordering, 3rd Party Delivery with some locations offering Drive Thru options.
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.
After suffering financial problems during the previous three years, the company was acquired by Family Restaurants Inc., the owner of Chi-Chi's and El Torito Mexican restaurants, in 1998 for $143 million in stock. [8] At the time of the announcement, Koo Koo Roo had 38 locations in California, Florida, and Nevada.