Commerce

Our city has a range of small Latino owned businesses from small grocery markets many include a taqueria to bakeries, dress boutiques and restaurants, these businesses have kept Latino culture thriving. Latino grocery stores are throughout the city at key locations helping alleviate the food deserts zones in the city.

Some of the first businesses still in existence include Markets: La Tapatia, El Dos Oros, and Vargas Market. Restaurants: Tacos Jalisco Pupuseria Mercy. Boutiques: Beres Bridal & Alexis Jewelry and Alexis Formal Bridal. Bakeries Little Maya and La Michoacana La Michoacana Paletería y Pastelería. There are also some professional businesses, such as Azteca Business Services is a tax preparation business, Engineering, and construction.

SOLANO HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

The SHCC was established in 1990 and works towards developing and strengthening Solano County Hispanic businesses by providing resources, tools, and training. This organization serves the Latino community throughout Solano County.

SOCIAL JUSTICE & CIVIL RIGHTS

Vallejo has a strong history of Latino leaders united and forming organizations to help represent the Community: FELAD, Latino Latino Task Force, Solano Hispanic Chamber of Commerce such as Diaz and Loera Centro Latino, Ser Latino, Latinos Unidos.

RELIGION

In Vallejo, churches are anchors points that serve as cultural sanctuaries for Latinos. It is here where you will find a diverse group of Latinos that gather weekly to participate in a masse that is offered in their native language. St. Vincent Ferrer offers mass in Spanish on Saturdays at 7 pm and Sundays 12 pm. St. Catherine of Siena on Sunday at 3 pm.

Latino Business

The 300 to 600 block of Broadway Street is known as Little Mexico, with some of the first Latino immigrant-owned businesses such as La Tapatia Market, Bere’s Bridal, and La Michoacana. Other Mexican markets are in various sectors of the city. In addition, during the mid-1980s and early 1990s, there was an influx of people from Central America, and more small businesses began to pop up, like Pupuseria Mercy and Cuban Rhythm. The 1990s and early decade of the 21st century saw an increase in the professional service business such as tax services, real estate agents, business consulting, engineering, and building contractors, to name a few.

Tacos Jalisco

3420 Sonoma Blvd

La Tapatia Market

601 Broadway

El Dos de Oro Produce Market

1417 Tennessee

Azteca Business Services

1030 Georgia St Suite A

Little Maya Bakery

985 Broadway

Pupuseria y Taqueria Mercy

333 Tennessee St