After more than 20 years, chef Silvana Salcido Esparza will be closing her iconic Phoenix Mexican restaurant Barrio Cafe due to health issues she's been dealing with for the last several years.

Until one day she found herself driving in Phoenix this empty building that would become Barrio Cafe. "I drove by, and I said, 'circle back.' I knew in my pit that this was going to be my ...

One of Phoenix’s most famous chefs, Silvana Salcido Esparza, stayed here her entire career. Until, after 22 years, she closed ...

From Barrio Cafe to Tacos Chiwas to Ajo Al's to Blanco Tacos, here's every Mexican restaurant at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport ...

Chef Silvana Salcido Esparza's original Barrio Café restaurant helped put the Phoenix Mexican food scene on the national map, and it remains one of the city's top destinations for distinctively ...