tortillas every day, and offer our chips and hot sauce in several grocery and retail stores around the area. As we serve, we are trusted by our guests with some of the most significant and meaningful times of their lives. They celebrate their birthdays and anniversaries, and the accomplishments of their children with us. We cater weddings and provide food for funerals. They invite us into their lives, and we strive to continue to earn their respect and trust. It’s easy sometimes to see any business, large or small, and overlook the tremendous sacrifices, risk, hard work and daily challenges they meet. I enjoy visiting with entrepreneurs from all walks to learn their fascinating stories. Every one of them has a story of their struggles and often failure a time or two. In fact, our story, though it is unique, is in some sense your story, too. It’s the great American Dream of being able to risk it all and be willing to sacrifice short-term comfort for long-term success. We live in a great state and country where we can still flourish as we were meant to by the God who created us – if we are willing to work to achieve the desires He has placed in our hearts. In a tiny apartment in Muleshoe, my dad placed a small fortune on a bare dinner table and asked my pregnant mother a question that would change the course of their lives and the lives of many others: “Mama ... we have worked very hard to save $750.00. With the baby on the way, we desperately need a bigger house. We can use this money for a down payment on one, or we can risk it all and buy a tortilla machine and go into business.” My mom had been encouraging my dad to talk to Mr. Garcia, the gentleman who had built my grandfather’s tortilla machine in Mercedes. When Dad paused, all she remembers hearing is or. Without batting an eye she exclaimed,” Let’s buy a tortilla machine!”
Victor Leal Victor is the owner of the Leal’s restaurants in Amarillo and Muleshoe. He has been married to his wife, Debbie, for 30 years, and the couple has two sons, Roman and Noah. Victor is an avid reader, and enjoys spending time outdoors, hiking, fly-fishing, running and cycling.
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