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La Bamba Mexican Restaurant is a fast casual restaurant chain started in Champaign, Illinois in 1987. Their locations remain open late at night, serving Tex-Mex cuisine under the slogan "burritos as big as your head".

Description

La Bamba Mexican Restaurant is a Mexican fast casual restaurant franchise started in Champaign, Illinois in 1987.^[1] They are known for their slogan "burritos as big as your head",^[1]^[2]^[3] its hot sauce,^[5] and for being open late.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11] While all serve Tex-Mex cuisine,^[12] some have expanded menus.^[13] Their restaurants often have artwork depicting athletes with burritos for heads.^[10]^[14]^[15]

History

In 1987, brothers Ramiro and Antonio Aguas opened the first La Bamba restaurant at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign^[16] in Champaign, Illinois.^[1]^[8] Named for the song of the same name,^[4] it expanded into a franchise family-owned by La Bamba Mexican Restaurants Group,^[9]^[17] which had at least 27 locations^[1]^[18] from Georgia and Tennessee to Minnesota.^[4] {{As of|2019|March|df=}}, there are 8 locations in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Wisconsin.^[6]

Legal dealings

Antonio was abducted at gunpoint and held for ransom for several days in 2006. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Portland, Indiana law enforcement efforts led to the safe return of Antonio and the arrest of two suspects.^[1]

La Bamba Mexican Restaurants Group was named in 2007 lawsuits by the Ohio Attorney General against Citibank and Campus Dimensions Inc.^[19]^[20] Advertisements offered free burritos to students without mentioning that applying for a credit card was required to receive the offer.^[19]

References

1. ^¹²³⁴{{Cite web|url=https://dailyillini.com/news/2006/09/25/la-bamba-owner-safe-and-sound-after-being-abducted-at-gunpoint/|title=La Bamba owner safe and sound after being abducted at gunpoint|last=Opila|first=Sky|date=2006-09-25|website=The Daily Illini|access-date=2019-03-28}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=https://thesouthern.com/la-bamba-s-carbondale/image_a2054e70-4cfa-55e4-936b-c62d4235b1c5.html|title=La Bamba's — Carbondale|website=The Southern|language=en|access-date=2019-03-28}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313123521/http://www.louisvillekyrealestate.co/blog/la-bamba-burritos-as-big-as-your-head/|title=La Bamba: Burritos As Big As Your Head {{!}} louisvillekyrealestate.co|date=2016-03-13|website=web.archive.org|access-date=2019-03-28}}
4. ^¹²{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/stories/1996/11/18/story8.html|title=Burritos `as big as your head' to replace Zetti's in Highlands|website=Louisville Business First|access-date=2019-03-28}}
5. ^{{Cite web|url=https://illinoistimes.com/mobile/articles/articleView/id:6530|title=IllinoisTimes|website=illinoistimes.com|access-date=2019-03-28}}
6. ^¹{{Cite web|url=http://labambaburritos.com/about/|title=About - La Bamba Burritos {{!}} Mexican Restaurants|website=La Bamba Burritos {{!}} Mexican Restaurants|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-28}}
7. ^{{Cite web|url=https://chicago.seriouseats.com/2013/10/lunch-in-the-loop-la-bamba.html|title=Lunch in the Loop: Burritos as Big as Your Forearm at La Bamba {{!}} Chicago|website=chicago.seriouseats.com|language=en|access-date=2019-03-28}}
8. ^¹{{Cite web|url=https://hennacornoelidays.com/category/along-the-mississippi/|title=Along the Mississippi {{!}} Hennacornoeli Days|language=en|access-date=2019-03-28}}
9. ^¹{{Cite web|url=https://thefranchisemall.com/franchises/details/13245-0-la_bamba.htm|title=La Bamba Franchise|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
10. ^¹²{{Cite web|url=http://www.louisvillehotbytes.com/labamba.shtml|title=LouisvilleHotBytes Archived Review / La Bamba|last=|first=|date=|website=LouisvilleHotBytes.com|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-03-28}}
11. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.columbusalive.com/article/20120327/ENTERTAINMENT/303279614|title=Best Burrito: La Bamba|website=Columbus Alive|language=en|access-date=2019-03-28}}
12. ^{{Cite web|url=https://anotherfoodcritic.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/la-bamba-burritos/|title=La Bamba Burritos|date=2011-12-20|website=Another Food Critic|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-03-28}}
13. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.videtteonline.com/features/uptown-s-hidden-gem-la-bamba-s-sushi/article_191cee32-ed47-11e6-8c54-77c185385603.html|title=Uptown's hidden gem: La Bamba's sushi|last=Monaco|first=Rebecca|date=|website=videtteonline.com|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-03-28}}
14. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelantern.com/2000/11/maybe-not-as-big-as-your-head-labamba-8217s-burritos-big-on-taste/|title=Maybe not as big as your head: LaBamba’s burritos big on taste|last=Mylander|first=Hank|last2=|date=|website=The Lantern|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-03-28}}
15. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/mwe2l/la_bambas_mexican_restaurant_has_burritos_as_big/|title=r/WTF - La Bamba's mexican restaurant has burritos as big as your head. This is the mural on their wall...|website=reddit|language=en|access-date=2019-03-28}}
16. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.collegian.psu.edu/archives/article_3e5a4137-310e-57fa-b3ea-51cc17dc8ad1.html|title=Big burritos poke heads into State College|last=Engel|first=Carlyle|website=The Daily Collegian|language=en|access-date=2019-03-28}}
17. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.franchisehelp.com/franchises/la-bamba/|title=La Bamba Franchise Cost - La Bamba Franchise Opportunities {{!}} Franchise Help|website=www.franchisehelp.com|access-date=2019-03-28}}
18. ^{{Cite web|url=https://madison.com/entertainment/dining/blog/restaurant-news-local-la-bamba-locations-dwindle/article_9b908016-c08b-52b1-bb40-3d83a6389727.html|title=Restaurant News: Local La Bamba locations dwindle|last=Derby|first=Samara Kalk|date=|website=madison.com|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-03-28}}
19. ^¹{{Cite web|url=https://www.dispatch.com/article/20070920/NEWS/309209761|title='Free food' called illegal come-on|website=The Columbus Dispatch|language=en|access-date=2019-03-28}}
20. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelantern.com/2007/09/dann-takes-on-citi/|title=Dann takes on Citi|first=|date=|website=The Lantern|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-03-28}}