When Mis Tacones launched as a vegan pop-up in 2016, Polo Bañuelos cooked their scratch-made seitan asada and hand-pressed tortillas while wearing stiletto heels. It was a fitting choice: Mis Tacones, which translates to both “my tacos” and “my heels” in Spanish, got its start at Saturday markets and queer dance nights, selling juicy and tangy seitan asada. The vegan pop-up provided free meals to trans people of color, and developed a reputation within the vegan and LGBTQ community in Portland.
Soon, Mis Tacones will have its own place to serve tacos and tortas, with or without heels on: This February, Bañuelos and partner Carlos Reynoso will open
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