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Tacos Colima Mexican RestaurantThe story of Tacos ColimaThe story of Tacos Colima reflects the quintessential American dream: someone having a vision and willing to invest the long hours necessary to build a business.Alma and Enrique Moreno opened Tacos Colima in August of 2008. Enrique creates the menu and is “head” chef. Alma greets guests, takes orders, clears tables, and helps prepare the food — she makes the white corn tortillas. The work in a restaurant is never-ending, and although relatives help out, you'll find Enrique and Alma at Tacos Colima pretty much from opening until closing. As a young man, Enrique picked apples, cherries, and onions in the Pacific Northwest. His father cooked in a Mexican restaurant in California, which gave Enrique his first view of restaurant life. At 19, he traded the fields for the kitchen. When his family moved to Texas, Enrique cooked at this father’s side, first at his uncle’s restaurant and then at various chains including Olive Garden, Chili’s, and Black-Eyed Pea. Being a restaurateur must run in Enrique’s family, as his uncle owns two Mexican food restaurants, Tino’s Cantina and Tino’s Too, in Plano, Texas. Alma started making tortillas when she was eight and living in Colima, Mexico. She learned the skill from her mother. using only her hands to mix the dough of maize flour and water. She would pat little round cakes and press them flat using a wooden tortilla maker. Alma and Enrique moved to Nashua 16 years ago, shortly after getting married. Enrique had been living in Plano, and Alma moved straight from Mexico — trading a tropical climate for New England's winters. She says the cold doesn't bother her, but she doesn't like driving in the snow. Roots in Colima, Mexico Both
Enrique and Alma were born near the Pacific Ocean in the state of
Colima, Mexico. Colima lies between Puerto Vallarta and Acapulco. One
of Mexico's smaller states, it is larger than Rhode Island
and smaller than Delaware. Nearly 600,000 people call the area home.The most prominent landscape in Colima are the volcanos, two peaks that tower about 14,000 feet above the ocean. The taller and older of the two, Nevado de Colima, is inactive. The younger, Volcan de Colima, is Mexico's most active volcano, erupting 40 times since 1576 and most recently in 2008. Wikipedia has an informative article on the Colima volcanos, if you're interested in learning more. |
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