From a very young age, Susana Osorio, a Dominican businesswoman, liked cooking, without imagining that this would lead her to create an empire in the world of restaurants in the Big Apple.
“When I was little I was very calculating, I think that caught my attention, what business is.”
Originally from Salcedo Osorio, she immigrated to the United States in 1968 when she was only 15 years old, and little by little she has practically managed to own more than a dozen restaurants, including the famous Mamajuana and Mamasushi, which are already franchises.
Susana Osorio
“Many things are sacrificed for you to be able to get where you want, and for you to be able to complete, complete your dreams, and for you to be able to say this was, this was why I emigrated to this country,” he says.
But what has been the key that has led you to success?
“It is not easy to get there and stay, stay above all, because staying requires persistence, resistance and consistency”, says the businesswoman.
To that he adds, that you have to put passion and love into everything you do to get very far.
“I always want to give my best, I want my restaurants to be pleased when they arrive and leave,” he adds.
In addition to always reinventing itself and adapting to changes to continue growing.
“You have to give it a different touch, now people like they take more than what social media is, so in social media we are aggressive,” adds Osorio.
But the ship does not sail alone, it has a team of partners, and more than 200 employees who make sure they give the best service to their customers.
Osorio has been a key player so that many of the restaurants in the Quisqueya Plaza area in Dyckman could survive during the pandemic, but it was not an easy task.
“Getting everyone to agree and understand the importance of not taking business away from us, but rather bringing a different environment after the pandemic,” he maintains.
Its menu has been delighted by Mayor Eric Adams and even by Governor Katty Hochul herself.
“That fills me with pride as a woman, as a Latina, as a Dominican above all, to get there and say the mayor likes my food, the governor likes my food,” Osorio says.
