La Hacienda Mexican Restaurant owned and operated by Esther Ornelas and her four children first opened in May of 1996. Originally located in the Lincoln Plaza, on the corner of California and State Street in Salt Lake City, it moved to the neighborhood of Glendale, back in 2001, to the old China Doll Restaurant building near California and Redwood Road. Three years later, upon completion of the California Crossing Plaza, it moved again, to its current location across the street. Esther was able to open a second location in Draper, a little over 5 years ago.