Mexican Restaurants Benefit Community with Monthly Thursday Dinners

Brothers Pedro Diaz, owner of , and Octavio Diaz, owner-chef of , are joining forces to support the local community the best way they know how: with good Mexican food.

“Healdsburg is our community," said Octavio Diaz, owner and chef at Agave. "Healdsburg has been good to us and we want to give back.” With his brother Pedro Diaz, the two restauranteurs will donate a portion of their proceeds from Thursday, August 25, to the Healdsburg Endowment at

“Especially in these uncertain economic times, helping those in our community who are less fortunate is important to us,” said his brother Pedro Diaz, owner of El Farolito.

Starting this week and continuing on the last Thursday of every month at least until the end of the year, the two restaurants will donate ten percent of receipts from 3:00 pm until closing to the Community Foundation. 

The contributions will boost the Healdsburg Endowment, a permanent fund on which many local nonprofit organizations depend for financial support. 

Since it was founded in 2003, the endowment — which is funded exclusively by local residents – has awarded over $220,000 to charities and schools in Healdsburg, Geyserville and the surrounding areas.

El Farolito has been a downtown Healdsburg restaurant for almost 30 years, located just off the Plaza at 128 Plaza St. Specialties include their popular camarones borachos (shrimp sautéed in tequila) and molcajete (grilled steak, chicken and shrimp in a special sauce that is mixed with a mortar and pestle).

Agave Restaurant and Tequila Bar is a relative newcomer to the area, opening in the Vine Street (Safeway) shopping center just over a year ago. They feature authentic regional dishes with rich, unique flavors from Oaxaca and South Pacific Mexico, and have an assortment of tequilas on hand for straight or mixed drinks.