Food
In Southern California, the pattern of shifting and mixing cultures can be read in the signs and menus of restaurants.
Dec. 28, 1992
Business
In its second restaurant venture beyond fast food, Taco Bell Corp. said Monday that it is joining forces with a well-known Orange County restaurateur to develop a chain of sit-down eateries featuring moderately priced Southwestern-style cuisine.
June 8, 1993
Marketing: Burger, Mexican and other chains, some in O.C., are combining menus within outlets to please customers and pump profits.
Feb. 9, 1996
Shareholders of Naugles Inc. are likely to amend their articles of incorporation today to approve a $75-million deal with Collins Foods International Inc. in which Naugles will trade 23 million shares of newly issued preferred stock for 111 Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants in Southern California.
Sept. 30, 1986
Clearing the way for what would be the largest coast-to-coast chain of sit-down Mexican-style restaurants, a bankruptcy judge in Delaware on Friday approved Restaurant Enterprises Group Inc.’
Jan. 8, 1994
Archives
Santa Ana businesses incorporate the names of Mexican towns, both as a matter of pride and as a way to reach out to former neighbors.
May 14, 2005
California
Gary Folgner, owner of Orange County’s leading pop-rock concert nightclub, the Coach House, has filed for personal bankruptcy protection for the second time in eight years.
Jan. 7, 1993
“In South America,” Jose Carlos Zorilla says, “cooking was not regarded as acceptable work for a man.”
Oct. 24, 1991
“Burgers,” scoffs Kevin Moriarty, president of Del Taco Inc. “That’s your father’s food.
May 20, 1993
From the closing of a neighborhood Mexican restaurant in Pasadena to the return of L.A.’s most prolific restaurateur, here’s what’s happening in the Los Angeles food and drink world: End of an era: If you’ve lived in Pasadena at some point during the last 50 years, chances are you’ve had a meal at Ranchero.
Jan. 16, 2018