Pollos Asados owner says he’ll reopen Tuesday





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A popular Southeast Side restaurant that has been cited by city and state officials for code issues and excessive smoke is closed today, but set to reopen as early as Tuesday, its owner said.

Through an agreement with the city, Pollos Asados Los Norteños obtained a temporary certificate of occupancy today that will allow the restaurant to reopen, owner Frank Garcia said. He spoke early today of reopening Saturday, but decided to wait until Tuesday.

“We’ll be back to rockin’ and rollin’,” he said.

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The restaurant at 4642 Rigsby Ave. had been repeatedly cited by the city for not having an occupancy certificate for its detached smokehouse, and investigated for large amounts of smoke that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality declared a nuisance.

The city had threatened to cut off electricity to Pollos Asados today, but has worked out an agreement for the restaurant to reopen next week.

Read more on this developing story at ExpressNews.com or in Saturday’s San Antonio Express-News.