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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
"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 ...
Kiki's Mexican Restaurant: El Paso, Texas: 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 ...
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.
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]
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 ]
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 ...
Cuyama seen from the east, on SR-166. The valley encompasses an area of approximately 300 square miles (780 km 2).It is bounded on all sides by mountains: the Sierra Madre Mountains along the south and west, La Panza Range on the north, and Caliente Range along the northeast − all of the California Coast Ranges System; and the San Emigdio Mountains on the east − of the Transverse Ranges ...