Margarita factory
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There was a reason the owner wanted out – he hadn’t paid the rent in eight months. At that time I was desperate, so I drove out there.” “I ended up getting a phone call from my Dad saying he just got a call from a guy that really needs to get out of a restaurant in Longview. I got humbled pretty quick.”Ĭastro finally had his chance after a conversation with his dad. “I was a hotshot 21-year-old and thought I had all the means to get a restaurant. “I’d go look at properties, try to sign a lease, but nobody would touch me,” Castro said. Pretty much every day I would go home and say to myself, ‘I know I can do this.’ It was just a matter of waiting for my opportunity.”Īn opportunity that always seemed just out of reach. After the 18-month course in restaurant management came to a close, his first job was running his uncle’s restaurant in Renton, WA. However, if not for a stroke of luck 10 years ago, this mini empire of Mexican restaurant food may never have materialized.Ĭastro graduated early from high school, then a week later enrolled at the Western Culinary Institute in Portland. The Hazel Dell location is the fifth Mexican food restaurant for Castro, joining Guadalajara Grill & Cantina in Longview, Jorge’s Margarita Factory in Cascade Park, Jorge’s Tequila Factory in downtown Vancouver, and Cerveza Factory in Battle Ground. In the days leading up to the opening, there will be food and drink specials as well as live mariachi and DJ music. On Sunday, March 18th, Castro will have the grand opening for his fifth restaurant, Jorge’s Margarita Factory in Hazel Dell. “The work is just as hard now as it was when I opened my first restaurant.” As the owner of five restaurants, it’s nothing Castro hasn’t done hundreds of times before. Jorge Castro is quick to check on the nearby customers, then cleans up the broken glass. From left: Co-owners Jorge Castro and Betty Cantu, and their father Jose Castro.Īn empty glass falls off a tray and crashes to the floor.