[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 130 (Thursday, July 27, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E733]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            HONORING SERGIO SUAREZ AND TAQUERIA LOS COMALES

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                     HON. JESUS G. ``CHUY'' GARCIA

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 27, 2023

  Mr. GARCIA of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, today I want to honor Sergio and 
Mary Suarez, residents from my district and small business owners as 
they celebrate the 25th anniversary of their restaurant, Taqueria Los 
Comales.
  Twenty-five years ago Sergio and Mary decided to open a taqueria in 
Melrose Park, Illinois. They were determined to make it the best of the 
best.
  With dedication and creativity, they put together a menu that 
combines authentic Mexican recipes with American community traditions, 
all surrounded with hospitality and family love.
  Since he was a child, Sergio has had to work to help support his 
family. At the age of 6, he was shining shoes to make some money. He 
never thought he would become the restaurant owner and business leader 
he is now. He immigrated to the United States from the Mexican state of 
Jalisco as a teenager and has built his American Dream one small 
business at a time.
  Sergio's business instincts and work ethic have been key to his 
success. He chose Melrose Park as the location for his first restaurant 
at a time when it was growing in diversity and the residents needed a 
friendly neighborhood restaurant with the Mexican food that reminded 
them of their mom's and abuela's recipes. That's what Los Comales is 
for many of us.
  Sergio has used his experience with business success to support and 
mentor other aspiring business owners, especially those that came from 
Mexico and are now living in the United States. In turn, he, is helping 
the community increase their markets, assisting immigrants, and 
creating more businesses and jobs. Immigrant-family owned restaurants 
like Los Comales are pillars of our community and engines of our local 
economy.
  I wish Sergio and Mary Suarez, their whole family and Taqueria Los 
Comales, many more years of success.

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