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El Molino Mexican Restaurant in Carpentersville may have a new look, but the new owners plan is to keep its traditions alive while adding touches of their own.

“This place is too special for me. We’ve been hearing stories from returning customers about how much El Molino has meant to them,” co-owner Lorena Zepeda said.

Zepeda’s husband Miguel Diaz, who owns the restaurant with her, said those stories include tales of first dates, marriage proposals, post-funeral Mass meals and other significant life events that took place there over the last 41 years.

Gustavo Soto opened El Molino (“The Mill” in Spanish) at 2112 Elgin Road in March 1984, converting what had been a Dog N Suds into what most likely was Carpentersville’s first Mexican restauran

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