Ramon Villasenor

Chef Ramón Villaseñor is chef and co-owner of Taquería Los Portales, Tequila Comida & Cantina, and Los Portales Supermarket, a venture he began with his brothers Miguel and Fernando and sister Maribel more than twenty years ago. Villaseñor arrived in Wilmington from his native Mexico at age 15 and is a graduate of Cape Fear Community College’s culinary program. His first job back in Mexico was peeling onions and running to the bank for cash for his father’s taco truck at six just years old. Now, with three Los Portales and two Tequila Comida locations, Villaseñor’s days are filled with anything and everything the restaurant business can throw at you – and he wouldn’t have it any other way.