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Leo's Restaurant

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Leo's Restaurant

August 20, 2026

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Leo Collins and Mary Louisa Collins, El Paso natives who married in 1934, built a family-centered restaurant enterprise that became a major force in the city’s Mexican food industry. After operating several grocery markets in the 1930s and serving in wartime government and military roles during…

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