When the space next to Nixta Tortilleria and Mexican Takeout in Northeast Minneapolis was vacated in 2023, opportunity prompted owners Kate and Gustavo Romero to open table-service restaurant Oro by Nixta earlier than they had planned. In 2024, they plan to open a mezcal bar at the restaurant. The Romeros also want to continue Nixta’s “heirloom corn evangelism” through expanded retail; currently, Nixta tortillas and tostadas are carried by over 20 stores and co-ops around the Twin Cities. Alongside Young Joni and newly opened Vinai, “we have a really amazing couple of blocks of food in Northeast,” Kate says.

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