The restaurant also has a variety of seafood dishes. Other meats available include chicharrónes and ribs, which can be prepared in a traditional BBQ sauce or in mole. On the menu, the mainstay is obviously carnitas, which is featured in tacos, burritos, tostadas, tortas and can even be sold by the pound. “Our main goal is to have people come in and taste our food and leave here as joyful as we are in the process of making it,” Rosa said. The family’s roots in Michoacán, Mexico are front and center in the name, as the Purepecha are a group of indigenous people centered in the northwestern region of the Mexican state. Social media has also been a good push for us, and we finally decided, ‘How about we go all in and bring some of our learnings and our culture?’ Which is Mexican, Michoacán, and bring that to our community, the Turlock community.” Other people started hearing that we started cooking, so the word of mouth has really helped us. “We both got into cooking at home and we started catering to some events at Gallo while working there. “We have always loved to cook, but we didn’t always know to what extent we loved to cook,” said Rosa. Fast forward to almost exactly a year later this past Friday, their new business, Carnitas Purepecha, finally held a grand opening. On March 24, 2022, the family announced on their social media channels that they would be opening a dine-in restaurant at 2430 Geer Rd. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, extra time at home afforded them the opportunity to tap into one of their true passions: cooking. Specialty: Carnitas and other Mexican cuisineĪntonio and Rosa Sanchez have lived in Turlock for 15 years, working at Gallo Winery for the duration of that time.
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