![]() ![]() ![]() He remembers very distinctly the day that the Sonoran dog cart came to town. He first learned about Sonoran dogs as a kid in Nacozari, Mexico. But principally it is something very simple and easy to recreate.” What makes it different is in the little details, the special methods each person brings. “A Sonoran dog will always have the same ingredients. He is sensitive about this intellectual property because he staked his legacy to something that is replicable. “Seafood is harder to copy than a Sonoran dog.” “I wanted something people couldn’t imitate,” he said. He also owns El Berraco, a submarine-themed seafood restaurant. The restaurant has two locations, one on the south side, the other on First Avenue, with another on the way at Park Avenue and 19th Street. As we spoke, he occasionally took a handkerchief out of his pocket to gently dab at the sweat on his brow throughout a conversation, recalling Marlon Brando.īenny owns BK Carne Asada and Hot Dogs. When he was 21, he was selling a thousand Sonoran dogs a day out of a cart he named, in a pinch, with his and his wife’s initials. He wears crisp collared shirts that are patterned, appearing more casual than his ambition really makes him. “I knew from that day on that I wanted to have a helicopter,” he said.īenjamin Galaz owns BK Carne Asada & Hot Dogs and El Berraco. “But his father, the more important man, treated everyone like a friend.” The boss’ son stood at a distance, “like he was judging us for being from the countryside,” Benny said. ![]() He shook Benny’s hand, and told his dad he should be proud. The big man in a suit exited from the helicopter doors and embraced everyone, including Benny’s father. Benny didn’t know what was coming down from the sky, but his father would soon tell him it was a helicopter. The secretaries had to hold their hair down as winds picked up in an unnaturally confined space, like a tornado made just for them. Everyone was waiting around a big green circle with a white H in the middle. He saw their beautiful skirts for the first time. The young secretaries who were typically confined to desks and only seen from the waist up were standing in a line. The CEO was bringing his son with, so Benny’s dad would do the same.īenny understood this was not a typical visit to the mine when they were waiting outside. The CEO of the mining company was flying in from Mexico City. There came a day when his dad asked to take him out of school to come to the mine. ![]()
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