Let's go back to circa 1993. In an old abandoned home cooking "joint", my family started our first Beto's Mexican Restaurant and Catering in Grand Prairie, Texas. If you're wondering where the name Beto's came from, well, it's a nickname for my Dad, Humberto, and me, Albert. Ok...
But within two years, growing acknowledgment of the Chicano presence in Los Angeles had led to a County Museum show featuring another L.A. collective: Beto de la Rocha, Gilbert Lujan, Frank Romero and Carlos Almaraz--known as Los Four. Unlike Asco’s members, each was university- or art-...