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People of Cypress Park: Blanca Valle

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Mi nombre es Blanca Valle. Trabajo en Salva Mex Restaurant. Es comida Salvadoreña y Mexicana. Tenemos tres meses de estar abiertos. Estamos empezando un nuevo negocio aquí en la ciudad de Cypress Park. No está mal pero puede mejorar. Estamos tratando de hacer lo mejor que podemos en nuestra forma de cocinar y de tratar a los clientes — customer service. Estamos contentos porque la gente que han venido también a regresado, han recomendado otras personas y estamos agarrando clientela.

El área está muy segura hasta donde estoy yo acá, el tiempo que he estado, hemos estado seguras. Estamos abiertos de 9 a 10 de la noche, hasta nos hemos quedado más tarde y gracias a Dios no hemos tenido ningún tipo de problema con vandalismo, robos, o nada por el estilo.

Tenemos variedad, tenemos muchos clientes Latinos pero también tenemos Americanos, Armenios, dos tres. Un poquito de cada cosa yo creo.

Las pupusas son de El Salvador, la especialidad son las pupusas pero también lo que vendemos mucho es el caldo de gallina que eso se vende muchísimo. Es el caldo con verduras y al lado se le da la gallina asada con arroz y ensalada. En la mañana tenemos desayunos y en el medio día lo que guste de la carta.

Translation:

My name is Blanca Valle. I work at Salva Mex Restaurant. We serve Mexican and Salvadoran food. We've been open for three months. This is our newest venture here in Cypress Park. Things aren't bad but they can improve. We're doing our best when it comes to the kitchen and customer service. We're happy that many customers return as well as recommend us to other people, and that's boosting our clientele.

The area has been very easygoing, at least in the time that I've been here, we've felt safe. We're from 9am to 10pm, we've even stayed later, and, thank God we've never had any problems with vandalism or robberies or anything like that.

Our customer base is varied, we have lots of Latinos but also Anglos, Armenians, a few. A little of bit of everything.

Pupusas are from El Salvador, our specialty are pupusas but we also sell lots of Chicken Stew. The stew comes with vegetables and we give you the grilled chicken on the side with rice and a salad. In the morning we offer breakfasts and from noon on you can order what you wish from the menu.

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