PITTSFIELD, Mass. — On February 18, Yury's Kitchen, located at 496 Tyler St., started selling traditional Mexican dishes from Oaxaca as well as some American cuisine. 

 

The owners, Yuridiana Zaragoza and Gustavo Cruz, are originally from Oaxaca, Mexico and wanted to bring the culture and tradition to Berkshire County. 

 

Cruz's sister, Sheyla Cruz, who also works at the restaurant helped translate for this article.

 

"They wanted to share what is the tradition because it's not just food it's a whole tradition so they wanted to share that with Berkshire County people so they can try technically how Oaxaca tastes," said Cruz.

 

Zaragoza moved to Berkshire County five years ago and started selling tamales from her house, hoping to one day open her own restaurant like her mom and grandmother before her. 

 

"They've been dedicated to the kitchen for a long time so it was a dream to open up their own," Gustavo Cruz said. 

 

Zaragoza said that her customers wanted to have a place to go to enjoy more of her food. 

 

"When they started they only did delivery so a lot of other customers asked for a place and a place for them to come and have dinner and breakfast and so now that they have it they feel really happy and being here they say it makes them feel at home," Zaragoza said.

 

 Zaragoza said she is the third generation in her family to have a restaurant. 

 

"She especially feels really happy and proud of herself to have a restaurant here in the United States and her mom also has a restaurant in Oaxaca, Mexico," Zaragoza said. 

 

Yury's Kitchen not only has Mexican dishes but also some American favorites, they wanted to make sure anyone could come to Yury's Kitchen and have different options to enjoy.

 

"For their own experience when they go to a restaurant from their own experience one might want to have American food and the other one probably wants to have Mexican food so they said once they opened their restaurant they then will think about their customers and for them to have options," Cruz said. 

 

Yuridiana Zaragoza and Gustavo Cruz, who are married and have two kids, said their son who is nine years old, said he feels famous now that the restaurant is up and running. 

 

"He's like really happy because a lot of people post them on social media and now he says that he's famous," Cruz said.

 

In the future they want to be able to open another restaurant that's bigger and where they can have social events. For this year they hope to win Best of the Berkshires for Mexican food. 

 

Yury's Kitchen is closed on Wednesdays but open Monday through Saturday from 8 am to 8 pm closing at 7pm on Sundays. They serve American breakfast from 8 am to 1 pm and Mexican dishes noon to 8 pm.