Bill Text: TX SR16 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the closing of Gonzalo's Mexican Restaurant in Longview.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-01-16 - Reported enrolled [SR16 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SR16-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, Gonzalo Hernandez shuttered his business, Gonzalo's | ||
Mexican Restaurant, in September 2018, drawing to a close nearly | ||
four decades of delighting the diners of Longview; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born in Austin in 1940, Mr. Hernandez began | ||
working in restaurants at the age of 14; after serving for two | ||
years in the United States Army during the 1960s, he was managing | ||
a restaurant in Dallas when a friend urged him to move to | ||
Longview; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Hernandez opened Gonzalo's Mexican Restaurant | ||
on April 3, 1979, and in the years since, the establishment has | ||
drawn generations of East Texas residents with its traditional | ||
menu featuring such items as chiles rellenos, fajitas, and tacos | ||
al carbon; and | ||
WHEREAS, Seating 50 diners, Gonzalo's yellow-and-red | ||
building was a popular gathering spot for years, and its walls | ||
were lined with family photographs, birth announcements, wedding | ||
invitations, and autographed photos of such famous customers as | ||
movie star and former Longview resident Matthew McConaughey; and | ||
WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Mr. Hernandez has benefited | ||
from the love and support of Consuelo, his wife of 50 years, who | ||
worked part-time in the restaurant, as well as that of his two | ||
sons, Alejandro and Eduardo; and | ||
WHEREAS, For nearly four decades, Gonzalo Hernandez | ||
provided warm hospitality and delicious food to the members of | ||
his community, and he may indeed reflect with pride on his many | ||
achievements during a career well spent; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th | ||
Legislature, hereby commemorate the closing of Gonzalo's Mexican | ||
Restaurant and extend to Gonzalo Hernandez and his staff sincere | ||
best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
prepared for Mr. Hernandez as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas Senate. | ||
Hughes | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on January 16, 2019. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |