SBA COVID Relief Funds Help Local Restaurant to Thrive
Situation: Cisco’s Salsa Company was established in 2011 by Laura Wilson, her brother Bob Wilson Jr, and husband Dennis Henderson in the heart of historic ‘old town’ Tomball, TX. This family-owned business with roots in Southern California dating back to 1971 serves mouth-watering Baja-style Mexican cuisine. Leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic, sales had been increasing 15-20% annually, the restaurant had 37 employees on payroll, and through a lot of energy and excitement, the adjacent banquet and catering facility had been booked out for the upcoming year providing another revenue source.
In early March 2019, Laura began hearing rumblings about COVID including the Houston Rodeo potentially closing- Laura immediately thought ‘if they are thinking of doing something with the rodeo, this is bad. We are in Texas; you don’t cancel the rodeo!’
Solution: To stay ahead of what was potentially coming, Laura... Read More