March 21st 2019

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My Mothers Restaurant Newsletter

“A Good Place to Be”

Author: Alexandra Guillen

A little Background History

Joan Videen and her son Randy Videen opened up this small
yet charm full restaurant about 42
years ago in 1977. One day walks in
three cousins who join the family as a
busboy and cooks. After 20 years and
retiring , Joan sells the restaurant to
her favorite bus boy and cooks known
as Manuel, Eliaz and Geo. They con-
tinue to operate My Mothers Restau- [Photo caption]

rant in the same family like business.

They’ve owned the restaurant since
2005 and began their day to day oper-
ation in January of 2006. The three
cousins worked for the original owners,
Joan and her son Randy, which still
come in to have some delicious homemade meals and visit Left: Manuel holding fresh loaf
one of her granddaughters who works there very often as a of bread
part time host/ taking phone orders. Right: Geo Showcasing most
popular dishes

Regular Hours
Mon: 10:30am—9:00pm
What’s on the Menu ? Tues: 10:30am—9:00pm
This place has a wonderful variety of food to select from starting Wed: 10:30am—9:00pm
with Appetizers, Salads, Soup, Steaks, Seabass, Salmon, Spa- Thu: 10:30am—9:00pm
ghetti, Lasagna, Country Fried Steak and Chicken, Roast Tur- Fri: 10:30am—10:00pm
key , Pot pie and much more. They serve lunch and dinner all Sat: 3:00pm—10:00pm
day , lunch coming with one side and for a small charge either Sun: CLOSED
soup or salad. The dinners come with two side, often times the Special Hours
homemade mash potatoes with gravy and a corn on the cob, and 05/12 Mothers Day N/A
either a trip to the salad bar or a cup of soup, that’s included in 11/21 Thanksgiving N/A
the dinner price. They also have Lunch specials everyday from 12/24 Christmas Eve N/A

10:30am to 4:00pm and dinner specials from 4:00pm to close. 12/25 Christmas Day CLOSED
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On your left and right is the

2018 revised takeout menu
which includes everything
in the done in menu except
certain drinks and the pric-
es are subject to change.
They offer some specials
for takeout and delivery that
are not in the dine in menu.
That way everyone gets a
good deal; dine in has
lunch and dinner specials
while delivery and take out
offer some specials for
those who don’t have the
time to dine in.

She Delivers !
Just like the cooks and servers have been there for
years so have the drivers, Frank, Steve and Oscar.
Steve and Frank have been there the longest taking
delivers to the regular customers who have also be-
come friendly acquaintances to the workers who rec-
ognize their orders and days of deliver. If you live In
the area the delivery charge is only $2.50 with a mini-
mum of $10.00 spent before taxes. Outside of the area
just a bit? Give them a call and they might do it for
$2.75- $3.00 delivery charge.

4130 North 19th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85015

(602) 279-7225
FAX- (602) 279-7306
Website: mmrestaurant.qwestoffice.net
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All of the food at My Mothers Restaurant is freshly

cooked every single day. The workers arrive ap-
proximately three hours before opening to start
chopping the veggies and prep for the day. This
includes preparing the soups, sides and main
courses. The image on the right shows a popular
and highly requested dish by most customers;
Slow roasted Prime Rib Dinner. All dinners come
with the two sides and a small fresh loaf is brought
to the table as you wait for your meal. In this case,
the customer wanted the homemade mashed pota-
toes and mixed vegetables. Normally served is the
8oz mom’s cut, however they also offer the fathers
( 10.5oz) and the grandfathers( 16oz).

As mentioned before, a complementary small

loaf is brought to every table with butter or
honey butter upon special request. To the left
is an image of another highly requested dish,
The Roast Turkey Dinner. It’s like having
thanksgiving all year around. The dinner in-
cludes two sides which are the homemade
mashed potatoes with gravy, corn and a side
of cranberry sauce with stuffing under the tur-
key. Soup or salad is also included.

They are all very popular and requested dishes but

these would probably be the top 3. To the right is the
typical meatloaf dinner with a side of the homemade
mashed potatoes with gravy and green beans. These
dishes are all made fresh each and everyday by the
same cooks who have been there since the restau-
rant opened up and was taken over by the cousins
who worked together before running the place.
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Did someone say dessert ?!

Apart from their delicious food, My Mothers Res-
taurant has a variety of delicious pies to select
from. These choices begin with the fruit pies; Ap-
ple, Blueberry, Cherry and Peach( seasonal; call to
make sure they have it). The cream pies include;
Chocolate, Chocolate Peanut Butter, Banana, Co-
conut and Strawberry( also seasonal). They also
have Pumpkin and Cheesecake.

The whole 12” pie is $12.99 and a slice is

$5.45 since it is a quarter of the whole pie, as
shown in the image above and to the right.
The top photo is the seasonal Strawberry
cream pie and to the right is a slice of Choco-
late cream pie and a slice of Coconut cream.
All pies are made fresh daily with fresh ingredi-
ents such as the strawberries and bananas
used in the pie. Not only is the food fresh but
the dessert too !

4130 North 19th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85015

(602) 279-7225
FAX- (602) 279-7306
Website: mmrestaurant.qwestoffice.net