Jose's Blue Sombrero Sets Opening Date

WAUWATOSA, WI — After nearly a year-and-a-half, the building that housed The Wauwatosa Chancery - a fixture in the village area since the late 1970s, has been bought by a new owner, who will transform the property in a new Jose's Blue Sombrero Mexican restaurant in the Wauwatosa Village.

According to a Milwaukee Biz Times report today, Jose’s Tosa LLC, an affiliate of Brookfield-based HSI Properties bought the property at 7615 W. State Street from Wauwatosa-based D&A Equipment Co. Inc. for $1.1 million. Renovations to the building are currently underway and the new concept is expected to open in June.

A report from OnMilwaukee states that when Wauwatosa's newest restaurant reopens as Jose's Blue Sombrero, it will have two floors of customer seating, including multi-level outdoor seating with an upstairs patio and a street-side patio.

Jose's Blue Sombrero started in Racine in 2001 with its "Hip Cheap and No Sleep" atmosphere. The company continued to bring innovative ideas to the restaurant, such as table-side guacamole made fresh at your table. It quickly became the place for Mexican food in the area. Jose's Blue Sombrero was voted the "Best Mexican Restaurant" by The Journal Times (Racine) readers four years in a row in "The Best Of 2013" "The Best Of 2014," "The Best Of 2015" and The Best Of 2016" contests.

DeRosa Corporation owns and operates eight popular restaurants in southeastern Wisconsin. There are currently four Chancery restaurant locations throughout southeastern Wisconsin, three Jose's Blue Sombrero locations and a restaurant in Brookfield called Parkside 23, which grows and produces specialty produce from its 10,000 square-foot farm.
· Chancery, Wauwatosa at 7615 W State St.
· Chancery, Mequon at 11046 Port Washington Rd.
· Chancery, Pleasant Prairie at 11900 108th St.
· Chancery, Waukesha at 2100 E Moreland Blvd.
· Jose's Blue Sombrero, Racine at 6430 Washington Ave.
· Jose's Blue Sombrero, Brookfield at 20371 West Bluemound Rd.
· Jose's Blue Sombrero Fox Point at 8617 N Port Washington Rd.
· Parkside 23; Kitchen, Patio, Bar, Farm at 2300 Pilgrim Square Dr.

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