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owned a restaurant in Lima for 14 years, El Puerto, and learned how to cook from the chefs he hired. Miguel and Norma Franco, married 56 years, and their children came to Hartford from Lima, Peru in 1988. named the restaurant Piolin, which is Spanish for “Tweety Bird,” because that was his nickname in Peru, as people said he looked like the character. “I joke about and say I have it (social work) in my blood,” said Franco-Quintero, who didn’t spend as much time as her siblings working in the restaurant. She helps find them apartments, helps connect them with English as a Second Language classes if needed, helps them open bank accounts, register for school and even teaches them social skills. I know what my father went through.”įranco-Quintero, who said she’s starting to like the restaurant business said she has about 30 employees, many of them young, so her social work skills are useful. “It’s very hard that I have my own restaurant (to run). “He worked hard,” a grateful Erika Franco said. The son said his father has twice the energy he does, lots of motivation and all kinds of ideas.Įrika Franco said making the restaurant a success was a “big effort” for her dad and one of the things he taught her was that “partners never work out,” in the business. “We’re going to keep going and make my father proud.” “I’m very proud of my father and I know he’s proud of us too,” said Miguel Franco Jr, U.S. a Peruvian restaurant on New Britain Ave. The younger Miguel Franco said his father always set a great example by helping his kids and others out and now they’re all “helping each other.” Chicken and beef strips, served with mixed onions, tomatoes and soy sauce with french fries and white rice at Piolin Sr.
Online reviews rave about the food, calling it “exquisite,” and “delicious,” best Peruvian food around. The restaurant offers about 60 different dishes, most of it authentic Peruvian fare. in East Hartford where his adult grand children, now in various stages of high education – are invited to take the helm. The elder Franco is poised in about a month to open Piolin Jr. The third restaurant, Machu Pichu, at 846 Main St., Manchester, opened in 2021 and is run by another daughter, Erika Franco. Piolin ll opened in 2014 at 395 Franklin Ave., Hartford and is run by sons Miguel Franco Jr., who is also a realtor and involved in the community and Jose Franco, head chef.
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