Two First-Gen Mamas Are Restaurant Prodigies: Angela & Mariam El Haj

After a brief hiatus, Locales Only is back! This week we are going for a drive with Angela & Mariam El Haj — sisters who went from being first-generation American immigrants to owning Anaheim’s Calaca Mamas Cantina. You’ll get to hear directly from the pair how they have been raised in the restaurant scene, how their parents made the difficult journey from Palestine to Spain to the United States, and how it’s not as easy as it looks to compete with Disneyland! So buckle up and let’s hit the road with Locales Only. 

Big thanks to Fletcher-Jones Motorcar of Newport Beach for sponsoring the show and building out the all-electric Mercedes-Benz EQE as our rolling podcast studio!