{"id":13864,"date":"2022-09-01T10:20:27","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T16:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=13864"},"modified":"2022-09-01T10:20:28","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T16:20:28","slug":"a-sweet-and-tasty-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=13864","title":{"rendered":"A Sweet and Tasty History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tapia\u2019s Cafe Continues To Add To Its Already Legendary History<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Left to Right: Ovilia Tapia, Rosie Tapia, Kiley Vega, and Kristine Downs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

By Ruben Rodriguez
Los Fresnos News<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For nearly 50 years, Residents of Los Fresnos have fallen in love with the tasty, delicious homemade meals from Tapia\u2019s Cafe. Just off Highway 100 and a few minutes away from Leo Aguilar Memorial Stadium sits this staple in Los Fresnos. For many years, Tapia\u2019s cafe has been known for its delicious homestyle Mexican cooking. Most people, however, are surprised to know that Tapia\u2019s Cafe makes custom cakes to order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Tapia\u2019s cafe was founded in 1975 by Ovilia M. Tapia. Known as \u201cBila\u201d by her friends and family, her story begins long before Tapia\u2019s opened its doors. \u201cShe had previously worked for Luby\u2019s, VICC, and Rancho Viejo, where her specialty was pastries and deserts,\u201d said Ovilia Tapia, the current owner of Tapia\u2019s. \u201cEven after establishing the cafe, she continued making cakes for all occasions. She would bake and decorate even after the restaurant was closed for the day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Left to Right: Bila Tapia, Rosie Tapia, Kristine Downs, and Ovilia Tapia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n


It was not long before Tapia\u2019s became an all-out family business. \u201cMy father Francisco Tapia \u201cPancho\u201d started helping her run the front end of the restaurant,\u201d said Tapia. \u201cAlthough he was not a baker, he always helped with deliveries and moral support.\u201d It did not take long for the late Francisco Tapia to become a favorite amongst customers and family friends. \u201cTo this day, after almost 20 years of his passing, I still have customers who come in and tell me stories of his quick wit and friendly manner,\u201d said Tapia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Ovilia Tapia joined the family business 23 years ago after unexpected circumstances. \u201cI started working at Tapia\u2019s in 1999 after the school I was teaching at Closed down,\u201d said Tapia. \u201cAt first, I only did their bookkeeping. Eventually, I became more involved with the day-to-day operations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


When she became more involved with Tapia\u2019s daily operations, she learned a lot more about the baking side of operations. \u201cI began helping Bila with her cake orders in 2002. At that time, I would bake and she would decorate,\u201d Tapia said. \u201cSoon after I started helping with the decorating until eventually, Bila decided to let me take over the cake orders.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


While gaining a lot of experience working alongside Bila, it was not long before Ovilia was put to the test. \u201cI remember staying up late making flowers for the first big order, it was for an Anniversary,\u201d said Tapia. \u201cI was so terrified during the drive to deliver this cake. I could see how proud Bila was of me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


After that, the rest became history. \u201cI now have over 20 years of experience making custom cakes,\u201d said Tapia. \u201cEach Cake is designed and priced on an individual basis. Each cake is different! Orders are limited per week and a two weeks notice is appreciated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


To this day, Tapia\u2019s cafe continues to be family owned and operated, and their business and story continues to grow and grow. Tapia\u2019s cafe is open Tuesday through Saturday from 7am to 1pm, with breakfast and lunch served all day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tapia\u2019s Cafe Continues To Add To Its Already Legendary History By Ruben RodriguezLos Fresnos News For nearly 50 years, Residents of Los Fresnos have fallen in love with the tasty, delicious homemade meals from Tapia\u2019s Cafe. Just off Highway 100 and a few minutes away from Leo Aguilar Memorial Stadium sits this staple in Los […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1,14],"tags":[67,9,113],"class_list":["post-13864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news","category-valley","tag-featured","tag-latest","tag-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13864"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13872,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13864\/revisions\/13872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}