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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.
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.
El Paso, Texas: 1976 1 Founded in 1976 and has remained in same location. [1] King Taco: Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, California 1974 22 La Bamba Mexican Restaurant: Champaign, Illinois: Champaign, Illinois: 1987 8 La Salsa: Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, California 1979 23 Lucha Libre Taco Shop: San Diego, California San Diego ...
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]
On May 31, 2024, the chain closed 48 stores in California (including 13 in its hometown area of San Diego) [13] out of an original 134 in California, Arizona and Nevada. [14] On June 5, 2024, Rubio's for the second time in four years filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, with plans to sell itself to its lenders. [15]
San Diego, still little more than a village, was incorporated on March 27 as a city and was named the county seat of the newly established San Diego County. [21] The United States Census reported the population of the town as 650 in 1850 and 731 in 1860. [22] San Diego promptly got into financial trouble by overspending on a poorly designed jail.
The Cosmopolitan Hotel and Restaurant in Old Town San Diego State Historic Park is an American registered national historic landmark, built in the early 19th century by Juan Bandini and later purchased by Albert Seeley to serve as a stagecoach hotel. In 2010, restorations and added fine dining restaurants revived the hotel to its 1870s charm ...
Roberto's Taco Shop is a chain of Mexican restaurants in California and Nevada, with locations primarily in San Diego and the Las Vegas Valley. It is based in Las Vegas, [1] and it has 77 locations as of 2020. The company originated with a tortilleria that was founded in San Ysidro, San Diego, in 1964, by Roberto Robledo and his wife Dolores ...