Garcia's Mexican Restaurant opened on Central Avenue Halloween night, 1983! We are proud of our 25 years of serving our customers. The Albany Garcia's is owned and operated by Rick Lamparelli (the original manager of the Albany Restaurant) and is looking forward to serving you for the next 20 years as well!

Albany 's Garcia's Mexican Restaurant has its roots in Scottsdale, Arizona and originally was a franchisee of that one time popular national chain, "Garcia's of Scottsdale ". Your Albany Garcia's split off from Garcia's of Scottsdale a number of years ago and is a "Licensee", which entitles us to use the name, logo and original recipes - but also allows us to pretty much do whatever we decide works for us in Albany!

And, there really was a "Julio and Olivia" Garcia and most of our Mexican selections trace their origin to the original recipes created in the Garcia family kitchen in Phoenix, over 50 years ago. Today, your Albany Garcia's Mexican Restaurant prepares your food fresh daily in our own kitchen using only the finest of quality of ingredients.

As many of you know, Garcia's opened in Albany on Central Avenue 25 years ago and moved across the street in September of 1999.

So why did Garcia's make the move? There are a number of reasons, in no particular order.

The "new location" is better because...

• You can enter or leave the lot by four different curb cuts.
  
• The windows across the front make the place look "great from the road".
  
• The parking lot is in the front yard, the 1st customers literally get to park "at the front door" (there is a HUGE overflow lot behind the restaurant).
  
• The traffic light just 50 feet away stops traffic to make it so much easier to get in and out onto Central Avenue.
  
• Great new fresh look for the new century (complete with state of the art rooftop heating, cooling, exhaust, refrigeration and kitchen equipment).
  
• There are four hotels in walking distance.

The "old" location had to go because.

• We were tiring of passing off the roof leaks as "Authentic Mexican Décor".
  
• The "new" location we are in now became available.
  
• The "left hand turn" out of the old building was brutal onto Central Avenue at rush hour (and not "great" the rest of the day, either).

We sincerely hope you enjoy the "new" Garcia's Mexican Restaurant as much as we do!