Arvin restaurant is serving tradition in every dish

• Video shows how four sisters elevated their mother’s traditional recipes into a thriving restaurant.
• La Fogata is a restaurant in Arvin that has been operating in the community for 14 years.
• Prior to opening La Fogata, it’s owner’s had no experience operating a business and now their restaurant continues to flourish in the community.

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This family-run restaurant has been operating in the community for 14 years, I spoke with two of the owners to discuss what special ingredient is contributing to their success.

“My mother taught us how to cook when we were really young. I was probably about 16 years old,” said Margarita Perez, co-owner of the restaurant.

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Now 56, Perez and her sister Leticia Zuniga, are elevating their mother’s traditional recipes from their hometown into a thriving restaurant in the community.

But it wasn’t always easy, prior to opening La Fogata, neither of them had experience running a business. Perez worked in the fields and Zuniga was a babysitter.

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