While several other restaurants are nearby, the property was appealing because it is in a high-traffic area, and few of the other restaurants around offer a chance to sit down and be served by a wait staff.
Previously, the building has served as a location for other restaurants, including a Chinese buffet and steak houses. But Soto, whose family members also work with him in the restaurant, said the site can be successful because it is located near a residential area.
Customers in the neighborhood can take a short drive or walk in for lunch and enjoy a meal for a little as $5, he said.
“We’re trying to make it a neighborhood restaurant.”
Soto said the owners also operate other restaurants throughout Ohio, including locations in Lima, Marion and Wooster. But not all of the other restaurants have the same concept, and Casa del Sazon is the family’s first in Springfield.
Although there are other Mexican restaurants in the city, Soto said Casa del Sazon is looking to develop its own regular customer base and is not concerned with trying to compete with others.
“The staff is really friendly, and we’re ready to work,” Soto said.
One of the restaurant’s popular dishes is pollo alzason, which Soto described as a chicken dish in a homemade cream sauce.
Casa del Sazon is at least the second Mexican restaurant to open in recent months. Late last month, The El Herredura restaurant opened at a site at 1236 Upper Valley Pike.
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