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Oaxacan Mocha
Oaxacan chocolate blended with almonds and cinnamon, a double shot of espresso, and milk.
Mollete
Oaxacan style black bean paste, pico de gallo and melty cheese on warm ciabatta, under a chile de arbol salsa.
Curator’s note
Pilar Castañeda grew up in Boyle Heights and moved to Montebello at 10, and she left fifteen years of television production to run the look of the coffee cart she and Marlon Gonzalez, an SCA-certified barista from Oaxaca, started in 2016. Years of farmers markets in Silver Lake and South Gate paid for this permanent counter at Montebello's BLVD MRKT, which opened in 2021.
The Coffee
The bar pours espresso, a 12-ounce drip and a cold brew steeped 16 hours at room temperature. The chocolate comes from two family businesses in Oaxaca, Rito Chocolatería for the drinking chocolates and Reina Negra for a bar version of the house mocha.
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cacao · nibs · spices · orange peel
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The Vibe
Café Santo works out of a 160-square-foot converted shipping container at BLVD MRKT, Montebello's outdoor food hall of repurposed containers, with a walk-up counter and the market's shared tables outside. Its two windows were set to play with natural light and keep the counter in view of customers, and Oaxaca-based artists Mariana Rodriguez of Costra con Limón and Juan Renteria of el Creativo worked on its visual style.
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