Best known as the chef-owner of CRUjiente Tacos, a Valley favorite that closed after a nine-year run in May 2025, Rich Hinojosa is turning the pag
Best known as the chef-owner of CRUjiente Tacos, a Valley favorite that closed after a nine-year run in May 2025, Rich Hinojosa is turning the pag
Sampling eight slices of various pecan pies in quick succession might give the sugar-wary among us pause, but CRUjiente Tacos chef and co-owner Rich Hinojosa is pumped.
“I had to skip wine,” CRUjiente Tacos chef/co-owner (and big-time wine guy) Rich Hinojosa says, his face full of regret. “We kind of focused on food and all the architecture.” This past summer, Hinojosa and his 15-year-old daughter visited Italy for the first time, traveling through Rome, Modena, Florence and small villages in Tuscany with family friends. He shares their highlights. Da Nerbone “There were two things I had to eat when we got to...