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Finally opening in Puyallup - El Toro Mexican Restaurant on Canyon

For years, a sign just off Canyon Road in Puyallup advertised the future home of El Toro, a chain of Mexican restaurants operating in the South Sound since 1979. Years passed, there was no activity, no construction at the site. Just that weathered sign. Ruben Arias Jr. whose father Ruben Arias Sr. founded the chain, said he’s received so many emails and calls about that sign, he can’t respond to them all. They ask the same thing - are you ever going to open?

SUE KIDD; Staff writer
Published: Jan. 29, 2013 at 4:07 p.m. PST
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For years, a sign just off Canyon Road in Puyallup advertised the future home of El Toro, a chain of Mexican restaurants operating in the South Sound since 1979. Years passed, there was no activity, no construction at the site. Just that weathered sign. Ruben Arias Jr. whose father Ruben Arias Sr. founded the chain, said he’s received so many emails and calls about that sign, he can’t respond to them all. They ask the same thing - are you ever going to open?

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