Las Palmas Restaurant

07/04/2023

Happy 4th of July! 😂

10/29/2018

It has been a bittersweet and emotional experience since we made the announcement that we decided to retire and close the Las Palmas Restaurant. The phone calls and quick moments with long-time customers, members of families that for generations Las Palmas was a family gathering place. They shared stories, and we remembered those who have been lost to us, many shared that their grandparents brought them to Las Palmas as children and that they were doing the same with their grandchildren.

We received cards, flowers, phone calls, and wonderful Facebook posts from customers living too far away to pay one last visit. We greatly appreciated those who went out of their way to travel from out of state and from throughout California to have one last meal at Las Palmas!

It has been our customers that has allowed us to do the community work that we are very proud of and importantly allowed us to raise our children and give them a good start on life.

We spent over 53 years of our lives at Las Palmas, as we move into our next chapter, we will not miss the hours and the hard work, it is our customers – the regulars, the infrequent, and the first timers we will miss the most. And, of course our staff, wonderful hard working people. The Cortes family appreciates the love, affection, and the good will that you have shared with us, you will always will be dear to our hearts.

Thank you and God bless you all!

Gilberto and Alicia Cortes

10/29/2018

We don’t know the names of the first customers of Las Palmas in 1943, we do know our last customers.....Mark & Charyann Mittel and Jason and Kristen Silva.....thank you!

10/29/2018

An hour away from retirement after 53 years!

10/28/2018

Gilberto supervising the cooking of the “last” batch of taco and enchilada beef!

10/27/2018

https://www.fresnobee.com/living/food-drink/bethany-clough/article220611270.html

Las Palmas Restaurant in Visalia is closing. Fans are mourning the closure, but also the salad dressing. The

10/23/2018

We didn’t expect the degree of interest in being able to get the Las Palmas House Dressing after we close on the 28th. We are working on a plan that will make the dressing available. Please register at www.laspalmasvisalia.com so we can keep you updated to its availability!

10/22/2018

Irma, a former Las Palmas waitress some 15 years ago came by for a last visit. Decided to lend a hand!

10/21/2018

The sons of Louie and Lena Cortes (David, Gilbert, & Louie) remembering the days their mom and dad had them working together in the little Las Palmas kitchen on Garden Street!

10/20/2018

A long time customer from Colorado - made a trip for a last meal and to regift a Las Palmas ash tray he was given in the 1950s from Louie Cortes!

10/05/2018

Just spoke to a local published author Mrs Jamie Isidoro, her work “Let me take you” is a love story set in Visalia and the central valley....the author shared that she used Las Palmas as a setting to tell part of her story (changed the name)....looking forward to reading the book!-

10/02/2018

After 53 years as owners and operators of Las Palmas (opened 1943) Gilberto and Alicia Cortes have decided to retire. In a bittersweet decision, Las Palmas will close its doors on Sunday, October 28 at 9:00PM. Gilberto and Alicia will miss their staff and customers but look forward to a new normal. It is possible you will see Las Palmas again, just in a different form! Thank you Visalia!