After being in business for 24 years, family-owned Barcenas Mexican Restaurant opened its third location May 26, bringing its Mexican and traditional Tex-Mex food to League City at 2508 S. Gulf Freeway. Pepe Barcenas, general manager of the new location and part of the family that owns the business, said the restaurant and bar is off to a “great start” and that he expects the store to see further success in the winter months.
“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.
