Mr. Speaker. I rise today to honor the Mijares Family. of Pasadena. who are celebrating the 85th Anniversary of Mijares Mexican Restaurant. their family business. Jesucita Mijares immigrated to California in the early 1900s with her second husband. Juan. and infant son. Joe. The family settled in Pasadena where Jesucita gave birth to two more children and cared for her growing family. The young Jesucita began her legendary tortillamaking business in 1920 to provide for her family after the devastating loss of her second husband. Mijares Mexican Restaurant began as a family and community operated business that supplied handmade tortillas to local grocery stores and restaurants.
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