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  • Gimenez growing Back 40 BBQ

    Mike Gonzalez, Franklin Connection|Updated Apr 6, 2022

    PASCO - For Back 40 BBQ owner James Gimenez cooking has always been a family tradition. "My aunts and my grandma were always cooking. We all had a passion for cooking, but catering is a whole different ballgame. It's the major league of cooking," Gimenez said. Gimenez's father, Frank, moved his family from Los Angeles to Pasco in 1971 for a better life on a farm. "I've asked him numerous times. Why Pasco? He gave a one-word answer, "water," Gimenez said. "I don't know if you...

  • Pasco Farmers Market opens March 11

    Mike Gonzalez, Franklin Connection|Updated Feb 27, 2022

    PASCO – An incredible aroma flows out of the walk-up window at Brother's Cheese Steaks inside Pasco Specialty Kitchen, just across the street from the newly renovated Pasco Farmers Market. Restaurant owner Mario Quintero has been watching farmers market construction happening for the past year. "It's exciting to watch it come together," he said from his 110 S. Fourth Ave., restaurant. "I've been here three years and we are growing our business. "I'm hopeful that the new m...