The company is headquartered in Cypress, California and operates more than 120 full service Mexican restaurants under eight brand names.
[1] The company claims its origin to Larry Cano who, in 1954 with the opening of the first El Torito restaurant, which expanded into a chain.
In 1998, Acapulco became owned by the private equity firm Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co.,[2] which expanded it into Real Mex Restaurants, acquiring El Torito, Chevy's Fresh Mex and other Mexican full-service chains.
[6] The company is now owned by an investment group that includes Z Capital Partners.
[7] Real Mex Restaurants portfolio includes: El Torito, Acapulco Mexican Restaurant and Cantina, Chevy's Fresh Mex, El Paso Cantina, Who Song and Larry's and the Southern California landmark Las Brisas of Laguna Beach.