Oh dear! That was it, Jaliscos. Did they close because of the COVID nonsense?
My friend’s first name was Sandy. She used to have a Catholic gift and bookstore on the main drag downtown. Yes, she was traditional, and very involved with Adoration. She usually signed up for early on Monday morning. It’s coming up on two years now that she passed away. You probably did know her if you went to Latin Mass at St. John’s in town or bought homeschooling supplies.
Jalisco's didn't close down during the COVID "pandemic" but recently within the past few months. I think they just had a hard time keeping up financially and a bunch of other Mexican restaurants opened in the area that took away a lot of their non-local customers. That being said... We went to them through COVID and there were definitely not a lot of people usually there. So, COVID may have affected their overall business. 😥
Oh! You knew Sandy!!! I loved her! Her book store, Faithful and True, really helped bring me into the traditional Catholic Faith and away from the novus ordo. As a teenager I would save up most of my money to buy traditional Catholic books from her store. I bought my Roman Catechism, Liber Usualis, book on the Canons of Trent and the Syllabus of errors and other things from there.
During COVID she started going to the SSPX mission at the outdoor fairgrounds and also when we hosted it temporarily indoors in the hot summer while we were waiting for Saint Athanasius to reopen. I heard that she received the last rites from one of their valid priests in her final hours. She was a lovely lady and I have many fond memories of her from when I was growing up. May she rest in peace.