PORTAGE, MI –– Subtle details at a new restaurant in Portage called Mex House make it feel like home.
Clay mugs holding the cafe de olla (coffee). Three Marias cookies tucked onto its saucer. Sheet metal decorations and calming colors. And bilingual conversations flowing through the dining area.
When Alberto Gomez, Lupita Gomez and Itzel Ruiz decided on the space, located at 7616 S. Westnedge Ave., they had a specific vibe in mind.
“It’s family,” Alberto Gomez said. “It’s a real great Mexican house. … It’s real taste.”
After working in other Mexican restaurants for over 20, they finally decided “it was time for our own,” Alberto Gomez said…