Salisbury, Ron: - Ron Salisbury has been running restaurants for the last sixty-five years, a period of time in which most people are born and retire. He grew up working after school as a dish sorter, busser, and steam table expediter in his parents' Los Angeles restaurant, El Cholo. In the decades since, he has opened restaurants throughout Southern California: Sonora Cafe (downtown Los Angeles and La Brea); El Cholo (Anaheim Hills, Corona del Mar, downtown Los Angeles, Irvine, La Habra, Orange, Santa Monica); The Cat & The Custard Cup (La Habra); The Cannery (Newport Beach); and Louie's by the Bay (Newport Beach). He is the recipient of the Elizabeth Burns Lifetime Achievement Award from the Los Angeles chapter of the California Restaurant Association; was nominated to the Hall of Fame of the California Restaurant Association; and appeared In April 2010 on the Rachael Ray TV Show, where he was awarded first place for L.A.'s Best Taco. He has lectured at California State Polytechnic University Pomona.