Perez, Anna 2023-11-15

This interview features Anna Pérez as she discusses her business—The Old Mexico Restaurant—in Plainview, Texas. Pérez describes how her family acquired the business and how her father operated it until she took over after his passing. She recalls how the COVID-19 pandemic and inflation have impacted her business and reminisces about the old restaurant building.

General Interview Information

Interviewee Name:Anna Pérez

Additional Parties Recorded:

Date: November 15, 2023

Location: Plainview, Texas

Interviewer: Daniel Urbina Sánchez

Length: 01:00:46 (1 hour)

Abstract

Introduction and background information; The Old Mexico restaurant; Her favorite things about the restaurant; high school years; The impact the COVID-19 pandemic had on her business; her family; Inflation and how it has affected her business; Keeping the same recipes; Rental property; the old restaurant building; Closing discussion

Access Information

Original Recording Format: born digital

Recording Format Notes: patrons may listen to audio in our reading room

Transcript: transcript available on dspace <https://hdl.handle.net/10605/376049 >

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