

The pair and their investment partners have four more planned in the near future. Rivera said courier services and delivery apps have helped to sustain that location, and created a new local customer base instead of just relying on the vacation set.Īnd, as you should probably expect by now, Mango Crazy isn’t done growing. Andy Alfaro even continued to see success at their San Francisco location, opened in late 2018, despite the dramatic drop in global tourism due the the coronavirus.

Mango Crazy celebrated the opening of it’s newest store on McHenry Avenue in Modesto, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. Timed to coincide with Mexican Independence Day, the shop brings the restaurant’s signature blend of sweet, spicy, savory and sour treats to the former Rita’s Italian Ice corner spot. Mango Crazy founders and owners Andy Lopez and Larry Rivera opened their newest Modesto location, at the high-profile intersection of McHenry and Briggsmore avenues, Wednesday. They won’t let snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of a continuing public health crisis stop them from their appointed expansion plans (though, come to think of it, we could certainly use those first two non-existent local obstacles with all the wildfire). Yes, folks, set your clocks by these guys. And in the six months since, they’ve opened four more. The Modesto-based chain of Mexican street-food inspired restaurants had opened four locations before the COVID-19 outbreak started in early March.

But if there’s one thing locally you can count on, it’s the continued expansion of Mango Crazy. The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has upended our expectations, both large and small.
