He opened the first restaurant in Rancho Santa Margarita, California, in 1989. By 1992, there were two more locations in Orange County, in Irvine and Laguna Niguel.
In 1989, he initiated the first restaurant in Rancho Santa Margarita, California. Two more establishments soon followed in Orange County, opening in Irvine and Laguna Niguel by 1992.