This past February, Juan Vergara announced the sudden closure of the Barroco restaurants in Lakewood and Westlake and the temporary closure of Hola Tacos in Lakewood.
“We, as a family, are beginning to take a step back,” Vergara explained at the time. That, as it turns out, included selling the westside taco shop.
This month, Hola Tacos at 12102 Madison Ave. reopened under new ownership. Margarita Reyes, who has worked with the Vergara family since moving here from Colombia in 2017, is running the restaurant with her brother Luis Felipe. Felipe has more than 15 years of cooking experience and Reyes worked her way up the corporate ladder from the lowest rung to VP of Operations…