The footage of two women brutally attacking a server at Taco Azteca, a longtime Mexican restaurant in Pilsen, last weekend has left a neighborhood reeling, according to residents and local leaders. The now viral video has raised concerns of safety in the neighborhood and left other workers in the area fearful. As police continue the search for the two aggressors, the images of the beating over a $50 check still haunt some of the other workers at the restaurant, said co-owner Martha Garcia. In the 10 years they’ve have been in business, they had never experienced an attack on their workers from customers. Let alone a physical one, Garcia added. It has left the 23-year-old server who was attacked traumatized and unable to work with a broken finger. “This is beyond just the safety of our workers, it is about the safety of our customers and our neighbors,” said Garcia, who owns the restaurant along with her husband Carlos Garcia. Tap on our bio link to read more. ----- Photo 1: El Taco Azteca owner Martha Garcia at her restaurant in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood on April 11, 2025, following an attack on one of her employees by two women Saturday night. Photo 2: El Taco Azteca restaurant owner Martha Garcia shows a video of one of two women throwing her employee’s cellphone into liquid during the attack at her restaurant in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, April 11, 2025. Photo 3: Two women attacked an employee at El Taco Azteca last weekend, a longtime Mexican restaurant in Pilsen, April 11, 2025. ? Laura Rodríguez Presa / Chicago Tribune ?️ Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune
April 13, 2025
The footage of two women brutally attacking a server at Taco Azteca, a longtime Mexican restaurant in Pilsen, last weekend has left a neighborhood reeling, according to residents and local leaders. The now viral video has raised concerns of safety in the neighborhood and left other workers in the area fearful.
As police continue the search for the two aggressors, the images of the beating over a $50 check still haunt some of the other workers at the restaurant, said co-owner Martha Garcia.
In the 10 years they’ve have been in business, they had never experienced an attack on their workers from customers. Let alone a physical one, Garcia added. It has left the 23-year-old server who was attacked traumatized and unable to work with a broken finger.
“This is beyond just the safety of our workers, it is about the safety of our customers and our neighbors,” said Garcia, who owns the restaurant along with her husband Carlos Garcia.
Tap on our bio link to read more.
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Photo 1: El Taco Azteca owner Martha Garcia at her restaurant in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood on April 11, 2025, following an attack on one of her employees by two women Saturday night.
Photo 2: El Taco Azteca restaurant owner Martha Garcia shows a video of one of two women throwing her employee’s cellphone into liquid during the attack at her restaurant in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, April 11, 2025.
Photo 3: Two women attacked an employee at El Taco Azteca last weekend, a longtime Mexican restaurant in Pilsen, April 11, 2025.
? Laura Rodríguez Presa / Chicago Tribune
?️ Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune
As police continue the search for the two aggressors, the images of the beating over a $50 check still haunt some of the other workers at the restaurant, said co-owner Martha Garcia.
In the 10 years they’ve have been in business, they had never experienced an attack on their workers from customers. Let alone a physical one, Garcia added. It has left the 23-year-old server who was attacked traumatized and unable to work with a broken finger.
“This is beyond just the safety of our workers, it is about the safety of our customers and our neighbors,” said Garcia, who owns the restaurant along with her husband Carlos Garcia.
Tap on our bio link to read more.
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Photo 1: El Taco Azteca owner Martha Garcia at her restaurant in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood on April 11, 2025, following an attack on one of her employees by two women Saturday night.
Photo 2: El Taco Azteca restaurant owner Martha Garcia shows a video of one of two women throwing her employee’s cellphone into liquid during the attack at her restaurant in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, April 11, 2025.
Photo 3: Two women attacked an employee at El Taco Azteca last weekend, a longtime Mexican restaurant in Pilsen, April 11, 2025.
? Laura Rodríguez Presa / Chicago Tribune
?️ Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune
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