February 16, 2018

Lucios expand Mexican cuisine concepts

Jasmine Baldwin, head bartender with Blue Agave Grill in Fort Collins, prepares a margarita at the restaurant recently. Blue Agave Grill, which is a contemporary Southwestern restaurant, offers a “made-from-scratch kitchen” where all menu items are created from scratch. Joel Blocker / For BizWest
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Reed Biggs, lead line cook with Blue Agave Grill in Fort Collins, prepares Tacos En Fuego from scratch while working the lunch rush at the restaurant recently. Joel Blocker / For BizWest

FORT COLLINS — “The taste of the roast is often determined by the handshake of the host.”

According to Brenda Lucio, that attitude has been a key to success for the family that has run Mexican restaurants in Northern Colorado for decades.

“We know you have to have outstanding food. We have ‘scratch…

With BizWest since 2012 and in Colorado since 1979, Dallas worked at the Longmont Times-Call, Colorado Springs Gazette, Denver Post and Public News Service. A Missouri native and Mizzou School of Journalism grad, Dallas started as a sports writer and outdoor columnist at the St. Charles (Mo.) Banner-News, then went to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch before fleeing the heat and humidity for the Rockies. He especially loves covering our mountain communities.
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