La Bamba restaurant has been around for 14 years, serving some of the finest California Tex-Mex cuisine on Kaua‘i. When it first opened, it was located in Rice Street, but since 2001 it has been operating at Kukui Grove Center.
La Bamba restaurant has been around for 14 years, serving some of the finest California Tex-Mex cuisine on Kaua‘i. When it first opened, it was located in Rice Street, but since 2001 it has been operating at Kukui Grove Center.
Co-owner Ana Munoz prepares a “Margarita Rica” so delicious you’ll be asking for another one, and another, and another…
Ana is originally from Puerto Rico and her husband is from El Salvador, but they met at a dance fiesta in a Mexican restaurant on the Big Island, where Ana’s husband used to cook. Both were expert dancers, and inevitably they were drawn together.
Today they barely go dancing, after all, it’s hard to take care of a business and three children.
Ana loves to meet people, and the beautiful smile on her face is a constant reminder of her friendliness. Her business allowed her to know the community, which in turn massively supports La Bamba.
La Bamba has no flat-screen TVs like other restaurants, because Ana wants to promote a place where friends and families get together and engage in conversation over great food, instead of staring at a TV screen.
The restaurant is open seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
1 ounce of tequila
2 ounces of sweet and sour
2 ounces of fresh strawberry mix
Coarse salt
Musica Latina
Throw all ingredients, plus a scoop of ice in a blender, and keepthe knob on until it’s all smooth. Pour it in a glass with saltedrims, do your favorite Latin dance and go for it.
