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Blast from the past: the Macheezmo Mouse on S.W. Macadam Ave. in 1997. The restaurant chain, which closed its last store in 2003, is expected to return with a Beaverton location later this year.

(The Oregonian/file)

Macheezmo Mouse, the former Mexican food chain which closed its last location in 2003, is indeed making a comeback in Beaverton this year.

New owners Jeff and Danelle Burlingame say they hope to open the first new Macheezmo Mouse in more than a decade at 11875 Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy. (the location was most recently a Hollywood Video). To that end, The Burlingames, both one-time Macheezmo Mouse employees, have launched a

.

, hints that the Mouse might return began with a social media campaign on Twitter and Facebook.

At its height, the fast-casual chain, knowns for its tangy Boss Sauce and murals by film director

, had 23 locations across Oregon and Washington.

Stay tuned for more details.

-- Michael Russell