Chapter 7 – All I Wanted Was To Sell Some Barbacoa

Cristina doesn’t like selling quesadillas on the street, but after clients tell her they like her food she starts thinking about cooking barbacoa in her small apartment. Despite Benjamin's skepticism, her barbacoa is a hit and more people start coming to their house to try it. But that puts the couple at risk of inspection. They decide to stop selling barbacoa in the apartment and borrow a friend’s street cart to do it. A year and a half later, they open a restaurant. Soon, Bon Appétit magazine chooses it among the top 10 restaurants in the U.S. Cristina couldn’t ask for more, except to get her children back.