The Jarocho touch
LEFT: Cinthia
Inunza, left,
co-owns El
Jarocho Mexican
Restaurant with
Gerardo Sanchez,
the restaurant’s
chef.
Enjoy Mexican fare, seafood along the Astoria Riverwalk
BY PETER KORCHNAK
A new Mexican restaurant brings the
cuisine and margaritas of Veracruz to
Astoria’s riverfront.
Cinthia Inzunza co-owns El Jarocho
Mexican Restaurant with chef Gerardo
Sanchez. Opened in May at the Pier 14
Pilot Station building, El Jarocho is the
duo’s second restaurant. Their Una Ves
Mas restaurant has been serving Mexican
fare in Seaside since 2017.
“We had been thinking about a sec-
ond location for a while, just not look-
ing,” Inzunza said. “Then we saw
this opportunity, we walked
in, and we fell in love
with the place.”
The riverfront space has hosted restau-
rants in the past. Some decor from a pre-
vious restaurant still adorns the walls. “I
liked the decor and so we didn’t make
a whole lot of changes,” Inzunza said.
“It’s not your typical colorful Mexican
restaurant because I wanted it to be a lit-
tle diff erent.”
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BELOW: El
Jarocho Mexican
Restaurant
opened in May
along the Astoria
Riverwalk.
Photos by
Peter Korchnak
El Jarocho Mexican Restaurant
175 14th St., Astoria
Open Wednesdays through Mondays from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.,
extended hours until 2 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.
Closed Tuesdays
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