This article first appeared on the Boston Business Journal’s website.
The original location of Anna’s Taqueria, the popular quick-service Mexican food chain, has closed.
The store, located on Beacon Street in Brookline, first opened in 1995.
“It is incredibly sad to close our original Anna’s Taqueria location where we’ve made memories with so many of you, but we hope you’ll continue to order your favorites from our Harvard Street shop just a few blocks away, and from our other locations throughout the Boston area,” said a note posted on the door and circulated on social media.
“We’re grateful for a great relationship with our landlord at 1412 Beacon St., and can’t wait to see what business moves into this space; we wish them the same success and experience that we had here,” said the note, which was signed “The Anna’s Taqueria Team.”
The chain has other locations in Boston, Cambridge, Somerville and Newton. Most of them remain open, with the exception of the ones at MIT’s Stratton Center in Cambridge and Boston’s Prudential Center. Anna’s Taqueria “looks forward to reopening both spots when it makes sense financially,” the company said in a statement.
According to the statement, the closure of the chain’s original location is not due to the coronavirus pandemic, but the result of its lease ending in December 2020.
“While this was an incredibly difficult decision to come to, it is one we’ve been thinking about for a long time now,” Betsy Kamio, the owner of Anna’s Taqueria, said in a statement. “The Brookline community has embraced Anna’s for 25 years, and while we know this location’s closure will come as a disappointment to some, we are grateful to have our Harvard Street store just seven blocks away.”
The company is consolidating services at its seven other Greater Boston locations, in part due to the rise in food delivery apps, the company said in its statement.
The late Mike Kamio started Anna’s Taqueria in the Brookline location. An early adopter of sustainable food industry practices, such as converting the company’s trucks to run on vegetable oil, he died suddenly in February 2019.
The two most important qualities for a restaurant owner to have are persistence and a rapport with his or her neighbors, he said in 2011. “You’re not just a store, you’re part of a community,” he said.
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