Review: July 17, 2009


Patti
Feddersen
The
Acorn
Epicurean
Don’t you just love when a friend tells you about a terrific local restaurant, caterer, marketplace, cookbook or recipe? As the Acorn Epicurean, it will be my sincere pleasure to tell you about “must visit” restaurants and the people behind them. But let’s not stop at restaurants, let’s explore our local caterers, peak of the season fruits and vegetables, the local Farmers’ Markets, seasonal recipes, cookbooks and all other aspects of the culinary arts. With a degree in Journalism, it has been my good fortune to contribute to the Food and Travel section of a major Los Angeles newspaper. I love to wine, dine, cook, bake and write. I want to share with you, and, I want to hear from you.
Cisco's
WESTLAKE VILLAGE
Photo courtesy of Maxx Wolfson

CISCO'S WESTLAKE VILLAGE IS BACK! After a four-year absence, the much-loved Mexican Restaurant will re-open the first week of July.  My twenty-five-year-old daughter couldn’t be happier.  Born on Cinco de Mayo she celebrated her birthdays from the age of five to twenty at the restaurant.  She was in complete disbelief that she couldn’t have her 21st birthday at Cisco’s.  My son is thrilled. To him no one makes a better cheeseburger than Cisco’s -- go figure a Mexican restaurant. I know it isn’t just my family that is looking forward to the re-opening.   

“It’s amazing how many calls and e-mails we’ve received from customers letting us know they are happy we’ll be opening in Westlake Village again,” said owner Linda Wilson.  "It’s just wonderful to have that kind of support.”  Along with her husband Bob, Linda opened the original Cisco’s in 1974, which was one of the first restaurants in Westlake Village and a local favorite until an electrical fire destroyed the structure in 2005.   

Sons Bobby and Marcus joined their parents in the family business with the opening of Cisco’s Thousand Oaks in 1999 and Cisco’s Oak Park in 2007.  “If you can believe it, we now have three generations working in our restaurants,” Linda said.  “And we have three generations of customers.  We have watched parents bring their children in and now their children are grown and are coming in with their children.”  Even staff becomes family at Cisco’s where several employees have been with Cisco’s for over thirty years.   

Like the owners themselves, Cisco’s Westlake Village is relaxed, warm and welcoming.  The new restaurant will feature a Tapas Bar with a tapas menu availableboth indoors and outdoors.  Originating in Spain, tapas are an appetizer or small snack usually enjoyed with a glass of wine or cocktail.  Grilled Carne Asada Sliders, Mexican Shrimp Cocktails and Baja Chipotle Chicken Wings, along with several other tapas menu items priced between $3 and $8, are available. Favorite Cisco’s menu items will be available as well.  And, as always, families are more than welcome to make their own Cisco’s memories.

Location: 925 S. Westlake Blvd., in Westlake Village. Hours: Open 7 days a week for lunch and dinner. /  805.778.1191 // MAP!

-- Patti Feddersen
The Acorn Epicurean
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