+3 Lifestyle Monument chef a successful New Mexican food restaurateur By Teresa Farney teresa.farney@gazette.com Updated Aug 7, 2020 Arlene Padilla, owner of Arlene's Beans, is the mom of seven children, ages 1 to 22, one of which is a Marine, opened her first eatery four years ago and has been a huge success with 10 Gazette Best Of awards in the last two years as proof.