Molino Stories with Melani Martinez
Arizona History Museum
Tuesday, Dec 10, 2024 2:00 PM
A book talk with author, Melani Martinez, about her new memoir The Molino will highlight stories about her family's downtown eatery, El Rapido. Opened by Martinez’s great-grandfather, Aurelio Perez, in 1933, El Rapido served tamales and burritos to residents and visitors to Tucson’s historic Barrio Presidio for nearly seventy years. For the family, the factory was known for the giant corn grinder churning behind the scenes—the molino.
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