Chi-Chi's, the Minnesota-born Mexican restaurant chain that served up its last chips and salsa about 20 years ago, made its return on Monday with a new Twin Cities location.

The reborn Chi-Chi's opened in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, at 11 a.m. Reservations for opening day were fully booked.

One of the first customers through the door on Monday morning was Debbie Kruppa, who drove in from Ohio.

"My sister, when she was younger, I would take her to Chi-Chi's every Friday night," Kruppa said. "That was our thing. And we would eat so much that we were so full afterwards, but we had to get [the fried ice cream]. And then when I met my husband, he loved Chi-Chi's too so we would come here all the time."

Marno McDermott and former Green Bay Packer Max McGee founded the chain in 1975, and the f

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