HUMBOLDT PARK — Cemitas Puebla is returning to its roots.
The former Humboldt Park restaurant, which closed its original shop in May, will return to Humboldt Park, but first as a popup in Logan Square.
"Honestly, I feel like we are coming home," owner Tony Anteliz said. "It's the right fit. I sleep better knowing we are coming back home."
Anteliz closed the original shop, which was near where he was raised, after 13 years after a landlord dispute.
That won't be a problem moving forward, as Anteliz is in the process of buying a building in southeast Humboldt Park where he hopes to open in the spring.
Anteliz doesn't want to disclose the location until it's a done deal.
Since he closed the original location, leaving him focused on the Fulton Market Cemitas Puebla, customers and longtime friends have been constantly asking when the restaurant would return to Humboldt Park.
"I really meant it when I said when I closed that I was going to be back come hell or high water. I have to come back," Anteliz said.
In the meantime, the restaurant plans to open a pop-up shop in Logan Square at 3129 W. Armitage Ave.
Anteliz hopes to have that location up and running in about a month.
"At first, I was like, what am I going to do? Open a restaurant for a year?" Anteliz said. "Then I thought, a pop-up restaurant will be really badass."
He said he is excited about the pop-up location and is not ruling out the possibility that it could become a permanent location if things go well.
"You never know what will happen," Anteliz said. "We aren't that far from where we used to be. I'm really liking what's going on at Kedzie and Armitage. We are a block away from the 606, across the street from Scofflaw, it's really exciting."
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