Written by Dan Jackson They just don’t know how to make salsa here like they do in Mexico. Fortunately for the Rocky Butte community, they can always depend on the delicious, savory, and genuine salsas from La Comelona Foods! Five years ago, after struggling to find authentically flavored salsas like the ones she grew up eating in Mexico, Patricia Cabrera decided to take matters into her own hands by launching La Comelona Foods. Her goal in venturing into the world of small business ownership was to simply promote the rich, flavorful, and piquant cuisine of Mexico through her unique salsas! Utilizing all natural ingredients and an array of flavors, La Comelona salsas, “can be used in many different ways. Cooked with, used as a dressing, or as a marinate which makes them different than many other salsas on the market”, says Patricia. La Comelona Foods currently offers three different products: Salsa de Chile Arbol, Salsa de Habanera (pictured right), and Salsa de Chile Negro. Patricia shared that her favorite salsa is, “the habanero salsa because it’s spicy but has a great bal-ance of flavor to go with the spice.” Though the Salsa de Habanera stands out as Patri-cia’s favorite, all of La Comelona’s salsas generate an explosion of zestful tastiness with each bite! Patricia takes immense pride in the authenticity of her salsas and feels that the business’s greatest triumph has been the ability to sell their products at Market of Choice’s eight separate locat-ions throughout the state of Oregon. Having been a seller at these supermarkets for three years, Patricia has been given the opportunity to obtain a grander reach to more customers with her salsas. However, in the Portland area, one of La Comelona’s biggest challenges, “has been getting into more local markets. My goals are to position myself in more markets and give people a chance to try our products”, says Patricia. Having such a passion for reaching local communities, La Comelona Foods makes for the perfect vendor at the Rocky Butte Farmers Market. Right from the start, Patricia says she was“interested when Rocky Butte Farmers Market began because we saw the opportunity for both of us to grow together and show our support to a community that has welcomed us with open arms”. Through the trials and tribulations of running La Comelona Foods, Patricia and her team have learned just how much work it takes to run a small business. But most imp-ortantly, they’ve also learned how rewarding it is to connect with the community and to meet new customers who enjoy their salsas! Facilitating such a mutually beneficial relationship between vendors and the community is exactly what the Rocky Butte Farmers Market strives to achieve. Come on down and dip your chips into La Comelona Foods salsas at the Rocky Butte Farmers Market, taking place on Saturdays, 9AM – 1PM at NE 80th Avenue and NE Siskiyou Street!
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