October will find us back on home turf at The University of Winnipeg’s Diversity Food Services’ main kitchen. We’ll be preparing a Salvadoran feast under the guidance of owner-operators Sonia Valdez and Jose Hernan from La Fiesta Cafecito.
Sonia and her husband Jose immigrated to Canada in 1988 from El Salvador.
At that time, she began working at Baked Expectations as a baker. “Baking was a passion of mine with the dream of opening my own pastry shop“.
In 1994 that dream came true. They opened La Fiesta Cafecito on Sherbrook Street as a pastry-coffee shop. With the urging of many people in the community, it evolved into a full service restaurant, specializing in traditional Salvadoran cuisine. They then relocated to 856 Ellice Avenue and operated at that location from 1997 to 2007.
In November 2007 they once again relocated to their present location at 730 St. Anne’s Road. It’s a family-run business which they take great pride in.
