Sunset Cantina Reopens, with an Alum a Co-owner

Catarina Chang (SHA’11) says the Mexican eatery’s “fun vibe” remains

Businessperson Catarina Chang (SHA’11) poses for a photo at Sunset Cantina on January 17,2023. Her restaurant group bought Sunset Cantina while it was shut down during COVID and reopened it in December with a new, Mexican chef.
Photo by Jackie Ricciardi for Boston University

 

Sunset Cantina is back. And in a big way, with a BU alum now in charge.

The Mexican restaurant at 916 Comm Ave, long a popular meeting spot for the University community, reopened just before Christmas with the familiar decor and “fun vibe” intact, says Catarina Chang (SHA’11), along with “elevated” food that’s more authentically Mexican than the previous Tex-Mex fare.

“We don’t serve lettuce on our tacos,” Chang says with a smile. She’s the catering and events coordinator—and also one of four owners.

A graduate of the School of Hospitality Administration—which, no coincidence, is in the same block—Chang is a success story. She is the serial entrepreneur behind Koy, a decade-old Korean fusion restaurant on North Street, close to Faneuil Hall, plus the Doggy Port, a doggy day care in East Boston, where she lives. She also owns a digital marketing company that grew out of her efforts on behalf of those businesses.

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