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Originally Posted by J_PHX
"And though Esparza isn't yet ready to reveal details, she feels like rather than closing Barrio Cafe, she is passing the torch to "the son I never knew I had," who will open a new restaurant concept in the space."
"He'll take ownership of our own roots, power and culture," she said. "That inspiration is for all the young chicanitos. Don't give up. It's your right. Own it. Get so big that other cultures can't appropriate you."
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A new name and identity will be helpful to "the son [she] never knew [she] had." It will allow him to establish his own restaurant without being beholden to complainers who object when things change, even if they change for the better or in a way that is just different without being worse.