Galvan Foods & Tortilleria
Tortilla shop · Downtown ·
Handmade tortillas, chorizo tacos, local ingredients, friendly service
Handmade tortillas, chorizo tacos, local ingredients, friendly service
"Working out of West St. Paul, Roberto Galvan and Angelica Diaz make tortillas the way their great-grandmothers passed the craft down — hand-shaped, lightly blistered, and puffed into delicate, doughy pillows on the comal — and in 2021 they joined the St. Paul Farmers Market in Lowertown, quickly building a steady following and even converting their basement into a full kitchen to meet demand. They also make nixtamalized heirloom corn tortillas in slate blue, yellow, red chile, green, and white, sourcing corn from local Minnesota farmers or single-origin producers in Mexico to connect with their ancestral roots (Galvan’s Tex‑Mex great‑grandmother and Diaz’s family in Durango, where her father farms corn). In 2022 they began serving fresh tacos at the market — always three kinds: a meaty breakfast taco (chorizo, bacon, or carnitas with egg, topped with cilantro and onion and drizzled with bright salsa), a vegetarian breakfast taco (nopales or cauliflower with mushrooms, fried potato with guajillo chiles, etc.), and a traditional taco (from carnitas to barbacoa to lengua) — all served on their fresh tortillas. Note that tacos are available only at the St. Paul Farmers Market on Sundays; tortillas are sold there on Saturdays and at Signal Hills Shopping Center in West St. Paul on Fridays from 8 a.m. to noon, and Galvan Foods stays open through the winter, even in sub‑zero temperatures, making for a reliably hand- and soul‑warming breakfast taco as the seasons change." - Justine Jones
"At the Lowertown farmers market, Galvan Foods & Tortilleria serves filling chorizo-and-egg breakfast tacos on handmade tortillas—an ideal breakfast to power a day of exploring." - Justine Jones
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