A restaurant association issued a statement opposing a ban, and its president, Colleen McShane, called a ban " an extreme economic hardship, " but Vincent Satkoff said business has been brisk at his Salpicon Mexican restaurant even though he banned smoking several years ago.
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One day, I stopped at Forti's Mexican Elder Restaurant, a casual spot owned by Consuelo Forti . ( She was recently recognized by the City Council as one of El Paso's " Guardias de la Cocina, " a guardian and keeper of the traditional foodways of the border . ) Forti's makes a mean chicken salpicon, fiery table sauces and some of the best carnitas known to humankind.