ASHLAND, Va. — A local restaurant chain is heating up Bass Pro country.
Mexico Restaurant opened Jan. 1 at 11670 Lakeridge Parkway, near the Bass Pro Shops-anchored Winding Brook development. The restaurant has taken over a 3,000-square foot space that was formerly part of a bigger space used by Salsas Mexican Grill.
The Ashland location is Mexico Restaurant’s seventh in the Richmond market. Run by the Garcia family, which opened its first Mexico Restaurant in 1990, its other locations are in Mechanicsville, Innsbrook, Forest Hill, Woodlake, Short Pump and Sandston.
CEO Maria Garcia said expanding to Ashland was in part a way of celebrating her family’s 25th year in business, while tapping into the rise in development in the surrounding area.
“It had been a while since we had opened a location,” Garcia said. “With the Outlets (at Richmond) coming to the area, we saw it as a great opportunity to continue the family business.”
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