Chretin’s now open in Somerton, coming to Foothills

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Chretin’s Mexican Restaurant and Cantina is now open inside the Cocopah Korner Store, located at 3446 US Highway 95, right across from Cocopah Casino in Somerton.

Now you can get many of your Chretin’s favorites at the drive-thru, without having to leave your car. You can also order inside the convenience store. It’s open everyday from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.

As for opening a Chretin’s in the Foothills, those plans are still on. “We are still building in the old Icons building for the Foothills location,” owner Robby Rodriguez told me.

He plans to take over the former space of Zydeco Grill, originally called Icons, at 11411 S. Fortuna Road, in the Yuma East Shopping Center.

Here’s a refresher on Chretin’s long history in Yuma. The main restaurant, now located at the corner of 16th Street and Arizona Avenue, has its roots in a dance hall started by Rodriguez’s great-grandparents, Jose and Engracia Chretin.

Jose “Joe Jr.” Chretin officially established the restaurant in 1946. Joe’s siblings and their children, including Raymond, Robby’s grandfather, all had a hand in running it.

After many years, the restaurant was sold outside the family, but Rodriguez decided to buy it back in 2018. He now runs it with help from his family and longtime employees.

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Vloggers, podcasters, influencers and media people now have a new place where they can work. The Yuma Main Library and Yuma Library Foundation held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday to mark the grand opening of a new Media Studio Room.

Located inside the Main Library, the Media Studio

Room and Arizona Room offer dedicated equipment, computers, software and space for production and editing.

The room has all the equipment needed to produce a demo or launch a podcast. For vlogging and

Youtube needs, a green screen is set up with two softboxes and stands.

The Arizona Room is equipped with a Thinkstation P348 Tower Workstation with editing software including Cakewalk,

COURTESY OF HILLS GASTROPUB THE HILLS GASTROPUB, 1245 W. Desert Hills Drive, will officially open with a full menu, including dinner, on Thursday. To mark the occasion, the restaurant will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

COURTESY OF CHRETIN’S FANS OF CHRETIN’S MEXICAN RESTAURANT and Cantina can now order their favorites at the Cocopah Korner Store, right across from Cocopah Casino in Somerton.

COURTESY OF CHRETIN’S CUSTOMERS CRAVING CHRETIN’S MEXICAN FOOD can order at the drive-thru at the Cocopah Korner Store, 3446 US Highway 95, in Somerton.

A NEW MEDIA STUDIO ROOM offers dedicated equipment, computers, software and space for production and editing. The media room is inside the Yuma Main Library, 2951 S. 21st Drive.

COURTESY OF YUMA COUNTY VISITORS TAKE A TOUR of the new Media Studio Room located inside the Yuma Main Library, 2951 S. 21st Drive.