Cantina Laredo closes down

By Tom Blodgett | 11:57 AM Jan. 13, 2020 MST | Updated 6:07 PM Jan. 16, 2020 MST

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Gourmet Mexican food restaurant Cantina Laredo closed Jan. 11 at 2150 E. Williams Field Road, Ste. 123, Gilbert, at the SanTan Village mall. The Gilbert location of a national chain had been in business for 12 years and was the chain's only Arizona location. www.cantinalaredo.com

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By Tom Blodgett

Raised in Arizona, Tom Blodgett has spent 30 years in journalism in Arizona and is the editor of the Gilbert edition of Community Impact Newspaper. He is a graduate of Arizona State University, where he now serves as an instructional professional in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and editorial adviser to The State Press, the university's independent student media outlet.

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