Launching soon in the Twin Cities

Don't be a stranger,have a taco.

A Somali-Latin food trailer where chapati meets carne. Two cultures, one taco, zero apologies. Launching in Minnesota.

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Food is the bridge●Two cultures, one taco●Less noise, more tacos●Made in Minnesota●Food is the bridge●Two cultures, one taco●Less noise, more tacos●Made in Minnesota●Food is the bridge●Two cultures, one taco●Less noise, more tacos●Made in Minnesota●Food is the bridge●Two cultures, one taco●Less noise, more tacos●Made in Minnesota●
The Story

Two communities. One trailer.

and the second generation in the gap between them.

Summer 2025. ICE raids tore through South Minneapolis. The rhetoric against Somalis got louder. Two communities, same city, both being told to shrink. Chef Pedro Wolcott — Panamanian-born, running Guacaya Bistro in the heart of it — kept his kitchen open and his voice loud. Sal, Abdi, and Mohamed watched, and decided enough was enough.

Our mothers have the recipes — chapati, suqaar, sauce — but didn't have the platform to share them. That's what second-generation immigrants are for. We can stand between our mothers' kitchens and a Minneapolis parking lot, and say: this is who we are, come eat.

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Our mothers cooked it.
We're bringing it to the street.

— the second generation

Not fusion food. A movement. Two cultures, one taco, the next generation translating. Don't be a stranger, have a taco.

Sal & Abdi — the vision·Pedro — the kitchen·Mohamed — the story·Ozzy — Seattle·The Mothers — the source

More joining as we travel.

THE HEAT
pick your basbaas · picante
Mild
qabow · suave
Medium
kulul · medio
Hot
dab · picante
Combo — Any 3 Tacos — $12
Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives
Chef Pedro Wolcott of Somali Tacos Minneapolis
Chef Pedro
Twin Cities legend
The Partner

The chef behind the fire.

Pedro Wolcott runs the heat. Guacaya Bistro. North Star Deli. Featured on Guy Fieri's Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. The man cooks like he owes the city something.

He's built kitchens in the Twin Cities for over a decade and he shows up loud for immigrant communities — every cook, every dish washer, every neighbor.

When I told him the idea, he didn't blink. He said: "Let's do it right." So we are.

Guacaya BistroNorth Star DeliFeatured on DDDCommunity first
Why we're doing this

Minnesota built us. Now we feed it back.

"The temperature is high. The rhetoric is loud. People are deciding what Somali means without ever tasting Somali."

"We can't out-shout the noise. But we can pull up to a parking lot, open a window, and hand someone a chapati taco wrapped in foil. That changes a person. That cools a room."

"This is what resilience looks like in Minnesota. Two cultures, one window, a line out the door."

Don't be a stranger, have a taco.
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WHERE WE'RE HEADED

The trailer is traveling.

Minneapolis is first. Seattle is next. More cities if the windows keep opening.

Minneapolis
Opening Soon
weeks away. windows opening.
Seattle
On the Way
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