You might have heard the saying “it takes a village to raise a child.”n Well sometimes, it takes all those children to help you run a restaurant.n In this week’s Best Bites, we’re introducing you to an Albuquerque cafe that puts a whole new spin on family dining.n Daniel and Suzie Baca named Z S & T’s after their three kids.n “Over here I have Zachary, Sean, and Trevor. Z S & T’s. That’s my boys,” Daniel says, referring to his sons, who all work at the restaurant.n Childhood pictures of Zachary, Sean, and Trevor are also plastered all over the restaurant.n “We knew we wanted to name our restaurant after our children and we knew it would be for our children and about our family, so we names it Z S & T’s,” says Suzie.n “We want people to come in here and feel like they are part of a family and that’s what they want. So yeah, it was a risk but it was one we were so willing to take,” Suzie says, talking about opening their own restaurant after the shut down of the popular La Fonda del Bosque at the National Hispanic Cultural Center.n Suzie managed and Daniel cooked there for 7 years.n After 30 years of working for other people in the restaurant industry, they said it was time to be in charge.n With a few recipes from La Fonda, like the carne adovada and the chile rellenos with beans and calabacitas, and some of their own like the non-fried monte cristo, the Bacas made it happen with Z S & T’s. n Z S & T’s is located on Menaul near San Mateo.nnn What other local New Mexico food should KOB feature?n To send your food suggestions contact Antoinette Antonio by email at aantonio@kob.com, post on her Facebook page at facebook.com/theantoinetteantonio or send a tweet to @antoinettea.
village to raise a child”. well sometimes, it takes all those children to help you run a restaurant. in this week’s best bites… we’re introducing you to an albuquerque cafe that puts a whole new spin on “family dining”. welcome to z-s-and-t’s great grub — on menaul near san mateo. so — what do the z, s, and t stand for? “over here i have zachary, sean, and trevor. Z S & T’s. that’s my boys.” CHEF DANIEL BACA’S 3 boys– have been helping him out in the kitchen, since they were too young to remember these embarrassing photos…. which, by the way, are displayed on the walls of the restaurant. wife and mom, suzie…. handles the the rest. “We want people to come in here and feel like they are part of a family and that’s what they want. So yeah, it was a risk but it was one we were so willing to take” THAT risk? opening their own restaurant after the shut down of the popular la fond
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