(File Photo of Open for Business Sign)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(East Rochester, PA) According to East Rochester Mayor Bob Knox, Huapangueros Mexican Restaurant, LLC opened in late July of 2025 at 810 Ohio River Boulevard in East Rochester. The location of this new restaurant is the exact location where the former 1942 Tacos and Tequila restaurant in East Rochester used to perform business in. That former restaurant got raided by ICE agents on April 23rd, 2025 and resulted in eight people getting taken into custody. Knox also confirmed Huapangueros Mexican Restaurant LLC ordered a new sign for where the property is located and plans to replace the one of 1942 Tacos and Tequila soon. Dated on June 26th, 2025, according to a public notice that got posted on a back window of the restaurant, the owners of Huapangueros Mexican Restaurant LLC have applied to serve alcohol thanks to the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board through the existing liquor license getting transferred from 1942 Tacos and Tequila. According to the Pennsylvania Liquor Control’s website, that liquor license application was still pending as of Thursday, August 14th, 2025.