La Bufa Mexican Restaurant in Santa Rosa closing after 42 years

“Forty-two years went fast,” says Delia Mora, who along with her siblings opened La Bufa Mexican Restaurant on Fourth Street in 1975. Another restaurant will soon take its place.|
CHRIS SMITH
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Much has changed in the heart of Santa Rosa - too many restaurants to count have come and gone - since Delia Mora and her siblings opened La Bufa on Fourth Street in 1975.

“Forty-two years went fast,” Delia said. There won't be a 43rd year for La Bufa, named for the hill above Delia's hometown of Zacatecas, Mexico.

For years now the sole proprietor, Delia has decided it's time that she retire.

She's selling the business to Rob Lippincott of The Parish Cafe in Healdsburg. He'll turn La Bufa into a second Parish.

Delia will serve her last generous plate of Mexican food on April 30. She's being touched by how sweetly, even tearfully, some customers respond to word that La Bufa will close.

“I didn't know so many people were going to care.”

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