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'I just make good food': Javier's Authentic Mexican Food celebrates 35 years in business
OGDEN — Javier's Authentic Mexican Food restaurant is celebrating 35 years of business, but Thursday turned out to be a day to celebrate the family who runs it and the community that has supported it for more than three decades. On Thursday — in front of a large crowd of family, friends and well-wishers — Javier's founder Javier Chavez Sr. was presented with a proclamation declaring August 6, 2026, Javier Chavez Sr. Day in Ogden and a key to the city by Ogden Mayor Ben Nadolski at the restaurant's location on Harrison Boulevard. Chavez told the crowd that the recognition he ...