_In 1954 Juan & Bessie Gutierrez started their first restaurant, The Chile Pepper, on First Street in Yuma, Arizona. That began the tradition of serving their customers reasonably priced food, using high quality ingredients, made fresh daily.

In 1960 they opened La Casa Gutierrez on South Orange Avenue in Bessie's mother's historic home. This also was the place where they began producing corn & flour tortillas. Thus the beginning of their tortilla facilities.

By 1963 they were ready to expand and purchased the old Taco Lita Drive-In on Fourth Avenue and Fifth Street and renamed it Mr. G Drive-In. This is when their son, Gilbert Gutierrez joined the business. That building's life ended in 2008 when a new Mr. G Drive-In replaced it at the same location.

After years of being located in Palm Plaza Shopping Center, in 1991 Bessie relocated The Chile Pepper to a new building on West 24th Street. She dedicated it to her husband Juan, who passed away in 1989.

The Gutierrez's Restaurants, still family owned & operated, would not have been successful all these years without our committed employees and loyal customers. We are grateful to the Yuma community and feel it is important to give back. We are strong supporters of the Yuma Community Food Bank and Crossroads Mission, as well as local school programs.

Gracias,

The Gutierrez Family

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