{"id":455631,"date":"2026-10-03T22:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T22:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/455631\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T22:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T22:32:08","slug":"mico-rodriguez-one-of-the-original-mi-cocina-founders-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/455631\/","title":{"rendered":"Mico Rodriguez, one of the original Mi Cocina founders, dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mico Rodriguez, one of the original founders of Mi Cocina and a longtime figure in the Dallas restaurant scene, has died, the company announced.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez, 68, helped found Mi Cocina in 1991 and was one of the original partners behind M Crowd Restaurant Group.<\/p>\n<p>In announcing his death, Mi Cocina remembered Rodriguez for his contributions to the company, his relationships with employees, and his influence on the local restaurant industry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Over the years, he touched the lives of so many people across our company and had a meaningful impact on those who worked alongside him,&#8221; Mi Cocina said in an Instagram post. &#8220;&#8230; We&#8217;re grateful for the role he played in bringing it all to life, and we extend our condolences to his family and loved ones.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/founder-mico.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"founder-mico.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Mia&#8217;s Tex Mex Restaurant<\/p>\n<p>CBS News Texas will provide updates as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mico Rodriguez, one of the original founders of Mi Cocina and a longtime figure in the Dallas restaurant&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[102,430,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-455631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-dallas","tag-north-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}