How much did duane roberts pay for the mission inn
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While most people know Duane Roberts as the man who saved Riverside’s historic Mission Inn, the Laguna Beach multi-millionaire’s real claim to fame is more humble.
He invented the frozen burrito.
The son of a Riverside meat wholesaler, Roberts sold burger patties and barbecue beef to dozens of California restaurants in the 1950s.
One of Butcher Boy’s best customers was an up-and-coming burger joint called McDonald’s.
Back then, a cultural shift in the way people dined gave birth to the fast food industry – and the always entrepreneurial Roberts wanted a piece of the action.
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So he concocted a beef and bean burrito that could be deep fried at carhops throughout America.
The product made Roberts a millionaire when he sold the business in 1980.
Over the years, his love for Mexican food never waned – though he now craves entrees much more chic than a chimichanga.
On Monday, his Newport Beach investment firm is launching Las Campanas, a Mexican f