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Paul Cantrell

So hey, there’s something you can do to help people who are between a rock and a hard place right now in the US, something fun and potentially delicious:

Go visit local businesses whose usual customers are staying home out of fear of ICE goons.

❝Businesses up and down Lake Street in Minneapolis say they’ve felt a chill, with traffic down as much as 60% in some cases.

Chairs sitting empty on a usually busy Friday at a Latina-owned beauty salon. Produce wilting at Mexican supermarkets because customers are afraid to shop for groceries. Foot traffic disappearing at taco stands and Somali bakeries. Employees afraid to come to work.❞

For your community, for your country: go eat some tasty tacos!

sahanjournal.com/business-work

Sahan Journal · ‘They feel targeted’: Deportation threat chills business on Minneapolis’ Lake Street corridorBy Alfonzo Galvan

A thought:

That article mentions folks afraid to go shopping because of fear of anti-immigrant raids. Could we get something going in MSP to have those of us whose whiteness means ICE won’t target us do some grocery runs for our neighbors?

Spouse and I tried out Taqueria y birrieria las cuatro milpas (yes, that whole thing is the name!) and had a great time. The tacos are a style I haven’t had before: lightly fried to make them crispy but not hard-shelled. You can dip them in the birrieria, which is a sort of consommé-like broth, but honestly I liked them best undipped with the crispiness intact. Bad place to go if you’re vegan or don’t like watching half a dozen televised rodeos simultaneously. Good place if you are carnivorous and like Mexican food.

Reply with your Lake Street reports and I’ll boost.

@inthehands oh man okay as a lake street resident I have to tell you some of my favorites

@inthehands pineda tacos and pineda tacos + (porque un plus siempre es mejor!) are sublime. the veggie burritos are great and the "tiger" size is nice if you don't want the extra meal that comes with most lake st burritos. go south high!

@inthehands que chula es Puebla permanent taco truck on 13th is in my top 3 burritos in the metro. bonus points, be willing to buy an extra burrito for someone nearby. you'll get asked for spare change but if you offer to buy them a burrito they'll actually take you up on it.
this place is so good I literally got electrocuted by their bad wiring one time and I still go back.
n.b. be prepared to take a burrito nub back: attempting to eat the whole thing in one go is seriously not recommended.

@inthehands underrated gem of the global market is salsa a la salsa. I love their jackfruit tinga in enchiladas or the big honkin "I just had a shitty day and need to eat an entire chimichanga about it" chimi. the soyrizo is also solid and they have a vegan menu! plus: they have actual margaritas.

@t54r4n1
All excellent! Salsa a la Salsa is a favorite: we hosted our visiting wedding guests there the night before. Pineda’s great, and I have to give a shout out to Habañero Taco to the east! They do a great job with multiple meats and also have a genuinely good veggie taco, and also secretly have a really nice posole. (Go easy on the hot oil that comes with the posole! Just a few drops at first, so you can calibrate!)

@inthehands
There’s a food truck we go by frequently that has the word, birrieria, on its signage. Haven’t tried it. Might just have to now.

@inthehands I'm not in that area, but it's a good idea where ever you are. For me, the local catholic charities have the most outreach to the migrant worker community we see travel through, so they're probably a good place for me to start finding out where I could volunteer for such a thing. Other areas may have different resources for how to volunteer. It's a really good idea.

@inthehands

"Humanity has thus far been a cycle of those who stand down and those who stand up.

With the ultimate hope that one day we will all stand up together."
SearingTruth

@inthehands
I like to say "if you can't find l it on Lake Street

you probably don't need it!

#Minneapolis is a City of Lakes, but one great Lake (street) runs through it.