There's an obituary in the Merced Sun-Star today for Joe Alverez Perez, Sr. It says that he and his older brother, John Perez, his wife Phyllis and Joe's wife Nita opened the Tequila Cafe in Winton in 1963.If they are talking about when Tequila Cafe first opened in Winton, they have the year wrong.
My husband John and I were living in Le Grand, our first daughter was born in June of 1958. John heard that a new Mexican restaurant had just opened in Winton and they had great Mexican food. So we drove from Le Grand to Winton to have dinner there. Sandy was still in a high chair; they commented on how well behaved she was. I'm thinking the cafe had to be in business in 1959. Our second daughter was born in May of 1960 and she wasn't even born yet.
I'd love to have the whole complete story about the Winton Tequila Cafe for the Winton Historical Society's newsletter.
The above newspaper ad came from the Perez family several years ago. I don't know when the ad was printed. According to the address the ad is for the old restaurant; their current address is 6618 N. Winton Way, Winton. South of the Santa Fe Railroad.
Joe and his wife, Nita later opened La Nita's Mexican Restaurant, first in Merced and later in Atwater.
Anybody have any memories of the Winton cafe or pictures of it when it was still north of the Santa Fe?
E-mail me at WintonCA@aol.com
Thanks. Lorraine
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