Boca Grande Taqueria
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Boca Grande Taqueria is a chain of Mexican restaurants in the Boston, MA area.
Overview
Boca Grande is a chain of Mexican restaurants in the Boston, MA area, with locations in Brookline's Coolidge Corner, on Massachusetts Ave between Porter Square and Harvard Square, and on First Street just outside of Kendall Square. Boca Grande's offerings include inexpensive burritos, quesadilla, tacos, enchaladas served up in a relaxed environment. They also offer catering services for corporate, academic, or private events.History
Boca Grande was founded in 1986 by Marlko Kamio. The restaurant was modeled on Gordo's Taqueria, a successful San Francisco restaurant owned by Kamio's cousin. Marlko's brother, Michael Kamio, briefly joined the restaurant before founding his own chain of restaurants, Anna's Taqueria. [link]Competition
Boca Grande competes with other Boston-area taquerias such as Anna's Taqueria, Picante, and El Pelon, as well as national chains including Q'doba Mexican Grill.Labor Law Violations
An investigation by the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division ( WHD) revealed that the Cambridge-based Boca Grande, which owns and operates the Boston Burrito, Cambridge Burrito and Brookline Burrito restaurants in those communities, failed to pay overtime wages to employees between August 2001 and August 2003. In addition, the restaurant chain failed to maintain adequate payroll records.The three commonly owned restaurants had employed the same workers at multiple locations without combining the hours worked at each location. The employees were paid straight time for the hours worked at each location, when they should have received overtime for the hours worked over 40 in single work week.
Once the violations were brought to the attention of Boca Grande's owner, the company cooperated fully with WHD and paid the back wages due its employees. The company has also agreed to comply with all requirements of FLSA in the future.
Sources
- [Boca Grande Taqueria]
- [The Burrito War]
- [A spice of sibling rivalry]
- [Labor Law Violation Press Release]
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