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Tacos Acapulco: 'This is the Real Stuff'

Ramon Picazo talks about running his authentic Mexican restaurant.

They say you can judge a good restaurant by the bread it serves. At a Mexican restaurant, it's the tortilla chips and salsa. If they're not good, it's like having a great band with a bad drummer. At Tacos Acapulco, owner and chef Ramon Picazo says he makes sure the food is authentic Mexican from start to finish. "The salsa is homemade," said Picazo. "There is nothing from a jar. We prepare it here every day, homemade chips and salsa. I prepare the chips myself." In January, Picazo celebrates his fourth year as a restaurant owner along with his wife, Reyna Rodriguez, and family. Growing up in Mexico, and then California, his mom owned a restaurant. Though Picazo said he "learned a little from my mom," most of his skills came to him through …

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