""A lot of the people from [that] mountain range live around the area, so it's really great to point out, 'this is your mountain,' and they can point out where their family's at," Marcos Garcia told Daily Coffee News. "They really love to tell stories about the different people that they know in the different towns. It used to be a very big Oaxacan immigrant community here. It still is, but not as much as before.""
""People come in and say 'hey, my grandpa has one of those. We still have one of those at the house. We still use those every once in a while,'" Garcia said. "So yeah, [the mural, pottery and petates] are the three main pieces that really give the shop life.""
Sidóh Cafe opened on Los Angeles' Westside, co-owned by brothers Marcos and Jason Garcia. The shop celebrates Mexican flavors and Mexican-grown coffee with a full-wall mural of the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca that lets locals point out where family members are from. The cafe features red clay mugs, handmade plates and coasters from Oaxaca, Indigenous artwork, and menus painted onto woven corn-husk petates, while offering cafe de olla, horchata, espresso drinks, burritos and conchas. Rising rents and gentrification have pushed many Oaxacan immigrants eastward, and the cafe provides a renewed sense of belonging for residents who remain and for newer neighbors.
Read at Daily Coffee News by Roast Magazine
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