Damn, I just wrote about Teka and today Jeff sends me this: (via Express News – Bonnie Walker)
Family-run Teka Molino closes after 70 yearsMy Dad went to school with Arthur Chapa at Jefferson I think. RIP Beancups! The article does say that the San Pedro location (different owners) will continue on.
At 11 a.m. on June 29, Arthur Chapa began telling Teka Molino customers who’d come in for lunch that he was closing down his restaurant. Not next month, not next week, but at the end of that day.
“Some of the customers came back three times before we closed,” Chapa said. “I had one lady come in and buy everything that was freezable — $200 worth,” he said. “A good customer.”
The closure of Teka Molino at 2403 N. St. Mary’s St. marks the end of a 70-year history in the restaurant business for the Chapa family.
Although asked by the Express-News, Arthur Chapa declined to share any of Teka Molino’s recipes.
