
thumb|Modern multistory Sanborns department store in Mexico City with the facade of a 19th-century home being used as an entrance area Sanborns is a chain of stores with a format combining a restaurant with a junior department store, with locations across Mexico and dates to 1903. It is part of Grupo Sanborns, in turn owned by Grupo Carso of the Carlos Slim empire.
thumb|Modern multistory Sanborns department store in Mexico City with the facade of a 19th-century home being used as an entrance area Sanborns is a chain of stores with a format combining a restaurant with a junior department store, with locations across Mexico and dates to 1903. It is part of Grupo Sanborns, in turn owned by Grupo Carso of the Carlos Slim empire.
== Format == The namesake Sanborns chain began in the early 20th century as a transplant of the American coffee shop (diner) to Mexico City. As of 2021, there were 197 Sanborns across Mexico, from Tijuana in the northwest to Cancún in the east.
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