Tag Archives: Gerardo Alcazar

La Pale Scales Up To Success

Daisy Alcazar beams with pride in front of La Pale packaging that will be on the shelves of over H-E-B stores in Texas.

La Pale’s store on International Boulevard in Brownsville is a vibrant ice cream shop featuring Mexican-style desserts. A big whiteboard in Daisy Alcazar’s back office at La Pale Frozen Bar in Brownsville tells the story of a small business making the leap to something much bigger. “HEB COUNTDOWN 48 DAYS TILL PICKUP,” is written in big blue letters. The message was written in late 2024 before the first delivery truck…

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Brownsville Couple Moves Closer to Quest for Texas Best

La Pale Frozen Fruit Bar owners Daisy and Gerardo Alcazar

H-E-B recently announced its finalists for the 11th annual Quest for Texas Best competition and representing the Border Region is La Pale Frozen Fruit Bar. Owners Daisy and Gerardo Alcazar will join nine other Texas-based finalists in the coming days in Dallas, competing for a combined $70,000 in cash prizes and a chance at placement on H-E-B’s shelves. Launched in 2019, Gerardo and Daisy Alcazar embraced a family tradition of…

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