Ernesto Rangel is no stranger to the restaurant business.
During a summer trip to Allentown in the 1990s, he stepped in to help his uncle, Jerry Rodriguez, owner of Pancho & Sonny’s at 2073 31st St. in Allentown, when another employee didn’t show up.
“One week, I was washing dishes,” Rangel said. “The next one, I was already on the line cooking because I liked it. And I went and finished high school, finished college, and I always had that idea of my own little place. With the years, I came to the United States, and I started working in restaurants all the way from the bottom.”…