With a modern interior design featuring a bar, dining tables and a semi-covered patio area,
MamiTaco oers dierent tequilas, mezcal, drafts and a menu featuring a lot of traditional Mexican
seafood.
“A lot of stu you get here is Tex-Mex.
Typically it’s burritos and stu like that, and
we just wanted to twist it,” Marin said. “Most
people don’t know that there’s a seafood side
of Mexican food, so we’re bringing that here.”
Among the more traditional items, MamiTaco
will oer aguachiles, ceviche, mole,
posole, among other food Marin says he grew
up eating. All of which are dishes that dier
from the Americanized Mexican food more
common in the city.
Marin, 31, said MamiTaco isn’t just about
the food, however.
“I wanted to have my own place where I
would actually hang out,” Marin said. “There
are not a whole lot of places to hang out on
the strip from the square to Dallas. So yeah, I
think we’ll be busy.”
With a family that has been in the Mexican
restaurant business for more than 20 years,
Marin spoke with comfort and confidence
regarding how he envisions success.
His father, Marciano Marin, owns the
restaurant Hidalgo near the Kroger on Dallas
Highway, while his sister, Diane Hammond,
owns Nuevos Amigos in Canton.
Marciano Marin has been in the Mexican
restaurant business in Marietta since 1995. In
Spanish, he spoke about bringing authentic
Mexican food to the area and the importance
of hard work, restaurant cleanliness and
high-quality food in running a successful
restaurant.
Esteban Marin feels like watching his
first-generation Mexican father operate a
restaurant has prepared him for all the hard
work and teamwork required to run his own.
“It was hard, you know, I mean, just
because a restaurant is demanding and you
have to be here all the time,” Esteban Marin
said. “So yeah, it’s tough. But I feel you’re
solid if you have a good team.”
When it comes to the name, he opted
for something non-Spanish speakers could
pronounce and remember so they would be
more likely to keep coming back.
For those looking to get the most updated
information on the restaurant, follow them on
social media at @mamitacomarietta.
Cobb Methodist church and
synagogue partner to help
seniors
AMethodist church and a synagogue in
Cobb County are working together to
bring food and encouragement to Cobb’s
elderly residents. Congregation Etz Chaim
and Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church, both
in east Cobb, partnered with MUST Ministries
for what they are calling the “40-fying our
Seniors” program.
Rabbi Albert Slomovitz of Etz Chaim and
Assistant Pastor Jonathan Lawson of Mt.
Bethel discussed the collaboration months
ago, and now they are carrying it out.
“(Lawson) said he’d love to work with us,”
Slomovitz said. “So I contacted the people
at (MUST Ministries), and they told me that
there are seniors who, at the end of the
month, because they’re on limited incomes,
and because of inflation, have to choose
sometimes between medicine or food. That
seemed like a very significant cause for us to
start working on.”
MUST Ministries is a charitable organization
that provides the basic needs of
individuals, families and children. MUST has
facilities in Cobb and Cherokee counties and
programs in other counties.
“With all the sadness and evilness that’s
occurring, this seems to be the right thing to
do at the right time,” Slomovitz said.
The number 40 in the project name
“40-fying our Seniors” is significant: every
$40 donation provides 40 pounds of food
during the 40 days of Lent, according to a
news release.
Rabbi Albert
Slomovitz
and his
grandson, Eli,
at a food box
packing
session
inside of the
MUST
Ministries
Donation
Center.
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