On Wednesday morning, Nov. 8, a fire broke out in the kitchen at Avila’s El Ranchito in Huntington Beach on the 300 block of Main Street, effectively shutting down the Mexican restaurant until further notice.
Business at their Priority Plus Financial LLC has been so good that it’s now up to 70 employees and $20 million in sales last year. Last month, it held a grand opening for its newest office, the entire fourth floor, 20,000 square feet, at Irvine Co.’s Pacific Arts Plaza office complex in Costa Mesa.
Salvador Avila, the founder of the Southern California El Ranchito restaurant chain and immigrant entrepreneur who began his life in the United States as a.