Oui, senor: restaurant switches to Mexican

FORT COLLINS — When A.B. Tellez, then general manager of Pour la France restaurant, began serving a few Mexican specialties to regular customers at Pour la France, the response was enthusiastic.

Then, at an employee meeting, Tellez questioned the restaurant’s 43 employees on their food preferences. The overwhelming response was in favor of Mexican cooking over French cuisine.

Convinced by friends and Kerry Plemmons, president of Pour la France Inc., that a Mexican restaurant was a sound business idea, Tellez jumped at the chance to make it a reality.

Because the Pour la France restaurant in Fort Collins was struggling financially, the…