sign in & earn rewards find your local cafe rio It Takes Hard Work to Look This Good We make everything fresh from scratch every single day. It is everything we stand for and everything you sit down at our tables for. 7This is our story8 The year was 1997. The place, a little town in southern Utah called St. George. A lovely couple named Steve and Patricia Stanley started a restaurant called Cafe Rio Mexican Grill. Cafe Rio served authentic dishes derived from inspired recipes and traditional cooking of Northern Mexico’s Rio Grande region, Southern Texas, and New Mexico. Central to every bite was the belief that every ingredient must be fresh and made fresh to order. And you know what? People loved it. They couldn’t get enough of it. So much so, that one restaurant became six. In 2004, these six little restaurants caught the attention of a fine gentleman named Bob Nilsen. He purchased Cafe Rio from the Stanleys with the idea of spreading the love of making this fresh Mexican food to everyone in and around Utah and beyond. He made sure to keep the mantra of “fresh food, made fresh” at the very core of the brand. No freezers. No microwaves. Nothing premade. Mr. Nilsen has since moved on and a new team of quality-obsessed leaders have taken the wheel. To this day, our staff still begins each day, bright and early, hand-squeezing limes, hand-scooping avocados, chopping fresh vegetables, simmering sauces, and preparing the chef-inspired recipes our fans have come to love. We’re realizing the dream of spreading the love of Cafe Rio Mexican Grill around Utah and beyond. Check out our locations page to find a Cafe Rio near you. 7Executive Team8 Previous Next STEVE VAUGHAN chief executive officer Steve Vaughan brings over 25 years of restaurant industry experience to Cafe Rio. Steve spent 23 years at Sonic, helping to grow the brand from approximately $500 million to over $4 billion in system sales and, apparently, teaching people “how to Sonic”. In 2015, Steve tried Cafe Rio for the first time and it only took that one meal to convince him to join our team (now that's some good food). Steve graduated from the University of Oklahoma (Boomer Sooner!). When he’s not spending time in our restaurants, you can find him with his wife and their two Goldendoodles enjoying the Utah outdoors. OUR FOOD LOCATIONS ABOUT US NUTRITION NEWS CONTACT WANT FREE FOOD? TERMS OF USE TERMS AND CONDITIONS PRIVACY POLICY DO NOT SELL MY PERSONAL INFORMATION © 2020 CAFE RIO. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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