“We try to give it the best quality to the people. If you give good quality, people don’t care [about] the price. That is important to the family,” he said.
Pepe is the brother of the founder, Homero Barcenas, who owns the family chain with his wife, Josie Barcenas. The other two locations are in Friendswood at 2200 W. Bay Area Blvd. and in La Marque at 11013 Delany St.
Pepe said the family is from Guerrero, Mexico. He said his brother started working at an uncle’s restaurant when he was 14 years old in Mexico, and Pepe started working in the food industry at a Gringo’s Mexican Kitchen when he was 17.
Before moving to work as the general manager of the new League City location, Pepe originally worked at the La Marque store for about seven years, he said. He now manages the new location with his three sons helping out on staff.
“The chain has a lot of young people, and there are no complaints; everyone is happy with them. They know communication is very important,” Pepe said.
Like its fellow locations, Barcenas Mexican Kitchen has breakfast, lunch and dinner menus featuring a variety of classic Mexican and Tex-Mex dishes as well as seafood and cocktails.
Lunch specials are served Monday to Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and locations occasionally host happy hours with $3.99 margaritas.
“Three locations and 24 years—that says something. [Many people] know about the service that we have,” Pepe said.
Barcenas Mexican Kitchen
2508 S. Gulf Freeway, Ste. 102, League City
281-967-7142
www.barcenasmexicanrestaurant.com
Hours: Mon.-Wed. 10 a.m.-10 p.m., Thu.-Sun. 8 a.m.-10 p.m.
