Sazón De Washington: Arosa Cafe
Beloved Seattle Eatery Celebrates 10 Years of Euro-Venezuelan Food
Beloved Seattle Eatery Celebrates 10 Years of Euro-Venezuelan Food
A place for Spanish speakers and students to immerse themselves in the language and Spanish culture.
While Latino-owned businesses bring in an estimated $2.7 trillion annually, only 1% of funding from the top 25 venture capital and private equity firms is allocated to them.
“It becomes a way to assert identity, presence, and visibility, despite efforts or tendencies to erase or silence a population.”
Cultural celebration “serves as an opportunity to bring together and uplift small businesses, artists, creatives, and drag artists of color,” says Roxana Pardo Garcia, co-founder and executive director of Alimentando al Pueblo.
“The owners of Nuestro Barrio have always been vocal about having full representation of Latin America and that’s been something that has been really meaningful to me,” Ále Johnson said.
“We want to show people our communities here in Seattle,” Daniel Calderon said.
Sazón de Washington paints a rich, nuanced picture of the state’s food scene, its entrepreneurs, and the neighborhoods they enliven.
How the community contributes to the thriving economy of the state