The special story behind this restaurateur's new place: 'I grew up with a hard-working mom, worked three jobs to support four kids, so I want to give her that vision ... that she showed me,' says Phil Sandoval, who plans to open Lola's Cocina in mid-2023.
Dolores “Lola” Sandoval didn’t live to see the restaurant her son’s naming for her open, but she lived long enough to be awesome.
After a couple of years in Huntsville, where she saw her son’s University Drive restaurant become a hit, Lola moved back to San Antonio. Unfortunately, after contracting COVID, her health took a sharp downturn, she had a stroke and in July 2020 she died. Asked why it’s important to honor his mom in a restaurant now, Sandoval steadies himself and says, “This is a tough one. I grew up with a hard-working mom, worked three jobs to support four kids, so I want to give her that vision, that power that she had, that she showed me. Never to look back. Keep going. It’s sad she’s not here to look at what I’ve done, but I think she knows already.”
A San Antonio native, Sandoval grew up looking forward to family meals Sundays at his grandma’s house. There, Sandoval’s grandma cooked turkey, brisket, tamale, country foods and other hearty eats. Sandoval’s favorite childhood restaurant in San Antonio was Ray’s Drive Inn, “Home of the Original Puffy Taco.” Although some people assume he’s from Mexico, his family going back to his great grandmother, they’re all from Texas, he says.
He joined the Rosie’s Mexican Cantina team around 1995. Sandoval worked with Rosie’s restaurateur David Martin -- whose Huntsville brands also include Steakout, Walton’s Southern Table and Blue Plate Café -- for around 24 years before striking out on his own.
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