1925
A guest wanders in for dinner and while waiting for his dinner draws a figure of a man on the menu and calls him "El Cholo". Alejandro likes the man and immediately changes Sonora Cafe to EL CHOLO CAFE

1926
George Salisbury is eating dinner at EL CHOLO and meets Borquez's daughter, Aurelia. They court, decide to marry and open their own EL CHOLO

1927
In a storefront at 11th and Western they open EL CHOLO, with 8 stools, 3 booths and a hot top stove on which they heat tortillas on the top, melt cheese and enchiladas underneath. That stove is still on display in the lobby of our building.