Iolan opens restaurant in Yates Center

Vaquero's, Yates Center's newest restaurant, has opened its doors along the downtown square. The owner moved to Iola about five years ago and as helped launch other area restaurants.

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May 19, 2020 - 10:37 AM

Iolan Gerardo Gonzalez cuts the ribbon to christen Vaquero’s, his new Mexican restaurant on the Yates Center square. Photo by Trevor Hoag / Iola Register

“I’m a little nervous but not scared,” said Iolan Gerardo Gonzalez, who just opened Vaquero’s Mexican restaurant on the Yates Center square.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony was Monday, with quite a few community members in attendance.

Gonzalez first moved to Iola five years ago, and has been working at El Jimador restaurant since that time.

Over the past year, he’s also become a partner at Los Portillos restaurant in Iola.

Originally from Little Rock, Arkansas, Gonzalez lived there for 18 years, though he is originally from Guanajuato, Mexico.

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