Alexander Adler is a cofounder at Puesto Mexican American Kitchen, a Mexican restaurant chain that is taking California by storm. Diners appear to agree: they've voted it an OpenTable Diners' Choice 2016-2017, and Eater has named it one of the Essential Restaurants in San Diego from 2016-2018. Self-funded (through family money), Puesto pulled in $25.4 million of revenue for its most recent fiscal year. By 2019, Adler says, Puesto will be in six locations throughout California with more than 1,200 seats and on pace to break the $40 million revenue mark.

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