Milagro is located at 440 Singleton Blvd., Suite 100. Photo by Victoria Hernandez.
Trinity Groves’ Milagro recently went from a counter service to a full-service restaurant. Then a car crashed right in front of the entry doors.
The crash occurred March 11, just before 9 p.m., as owner Jesus Carmona was preparing to leave for a visit to one of his other restaurants. As he sat in the parking lot sending off a couple of texts before heading out, he heard a “huge impact.”
“I pulled out with my car all the way down to the exit of the parking lot, and I see a car landing on my patio, upside down, with smoke coming out, and my fence and chairs and tables, and everything demolished,” Carmona said.
Photo courtesy of Jesus Carmona.
Carmona reacted quickly that night, checking in on the driver and his staff, learning that nobody was hurt in the crash. But he said he remains concerned about the safety of the road near his restaurant.
“There’s a lot of fast traffic on Singleton because people don’t respect the speed limit,” he said. “… I reached out to the city so they can put some speed bumps and more signs on the street, or they definitely need the speed bumps because with the signs, people don’t pay attention, especially late at night.”
Part of the Milagro remodel to full service included a physical refresh along with the introduction of new menu dishes, with the restaurant closing from mid-December to the start of February.
The crash led to another partial closure plus new unanticipated costs.
“I was able to open the dining room because there was no damage, but still, I lost revenue because most of the business right now is on the patio and the patio looks so attractive, but I had to replace new tables and chairs from my other restaurants, and out of the back room in order to continue,” Carmona said. “Now I’m waiting for my big order. It takes about three weeks to replace the chairs and tables. And that’s money that I wasn’t expecting to spend.”
Carmona added that people were also afraid to sit on the patio for a brief time after the crash.
“Now they’re getting a little more comfortable,” he said. “People tend to forget.”
With the patio back open, Carmona said he invites the public to come and support what is now “Milagro 3.0,” following the updates needed as a result of the crash.
