Andy’s Deli Heating Up Holt

Andy Garza recently opened his Mexican restaurant, Andy’s Mexican & American Deli, inside Brower Foods & Hardware store in Holt.

According to excerpts from the article:

Andy Garza runs what amounts to a one man operation at his little Holt deli, but it wasn't supposed to be that way. When he originally planned to open Andy's Mexican & American Deli, located inside the Brower Foods & Hardware store on Aurelius Road, Garza's stepfather, Alfredo Moncada, was slated to work as his delivery man. But a car accident cut Moncada's life short last November, and Garza, taking care of his grieving mother, had to put his venture on the shelf for a few months. 

"I had a sign that said 'coming soon' forever," Garza said. “People kept asking me 'When are you going to open, when are you going to open?' so it was difficult."

But open he did, in mid-December, and although it's usually just Garza working the kitchen and counter (with the exception of his daughter, who helps out after school), the venture would be nowhere without the cooperation of his landlord, Tom Brower, a second generation owner of the old-fashioned hardware and grocery store who Garza calls a mentor.

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