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Leo’s Restaurant

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Leo’s Restaurant

August 21, 2026

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El Paso restaurateur Leo Collins transformed a simple observation—“What this city needs is a good Mexican food restaurant”—into a family-run business empire that came to include nine Mexican restaurants in the El Paso area. Collins and his wife, Mary Louisa Collins, married in 1934 and operated…

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