SAN DIEGO — After more than 90 years of serving affordable, home-style Mexican food in Barrio Logan, the closure of Las Cuatro Milpas last year felt like the end of a San Diego institution. For generations of locals, the family-run restaurant was known for its simple formula: good food, prepared by familiar faces, at prices almost anyone could afford.
Now, that era is getting a new chapter.
Las Cuatro Milpas is officially preparing to reopen just blocks from its original location, this time inside the Mercado del Barrio complex. The new restaurant sits less than two blocks away from where the longtime favorite once stood, keeping the business rooted firmly in the neighborhood that made it famous…