Las Cuatro Milpas is now ready to reopen

The beloved Las Cuatro Milpas restaurant, which shut its doors several months ago following a more than 90-year run in Barrio Logan, will reopen Tuesday at a new location just a couple of blocks away.

The restaurant's owners announced the grand opening on Instagram, thanking their scores of loyal followers for "standing by us through this journey. We cannot wait to serve our community once again."

The new location is at 1985 National Ave., in Suite 1131 of the Mercado del Barrio complex, and the restaurant will be open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The announcement comes six months after the family ownership, which was facing significant tax debt, sold the restaurant real estate and an adjoining parcel for $2.2 million to Iglesia del Dios Vivo Columna Inc., the owner of the neighboring Light of the World Church. Long before the restaurant property was put up for sale, the business and the real estate had racked up $60,000 in county property taxes and $130,000 in other tax liens, including $103,000 in unpaid sales tax owed to the state of California for the past several years. Since the sale, the property taxes have been fully paid.

Las Cuatro Milpas' new space - the former home of Liberty Call Distilling in the Mercado del Barrio retail center - is a major change from the restaurant's long-standing location on Logan Avenue that is now boarded up. The newly revived restaurant is far more contemporary looking, with a roll-up glass door and a 400-square-foot patio. It's about 2,800 square feet in size.

While the former venue had a kitchen, Las Cuatro Milpas needed to bring in stoves to accommodate its style of cooking, as well as a walk-in refrigerator and a three-compartment sink to meet health department regulations, according to the broker who handled the lease.

Known for its handmade tortillas and classic Mexican fare, Las Cuatro Milpas regularly had long lines out the door at its old location. Given the anticipation building for the reopening, it's likely the long lines will return.

Restaurant co-owner Margarita Hernandez, who had worked for decades at the previous location, most recently as a cashier, said Friday that she hopes to return soon, but she's not sure in what capacity. She recently faced some health challenges.

"Yes, I plan to go back, God willing," she said. "It depends on how I feel next week."

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This story was originally published May 8, 2026 at 4:41 PM.