Cinnamon Churros food truck to open storefront in Bethel

With the storefront slated to open on Friday, Cinnamon Churros homeowners Marcos and Leidimar Mendonca say they’ll be in a position to run 12 months-spherical alternatively of seasonally.

“The meals truck period finishes in the tumble — but with the good results of the Cinnamon Churros truck, we have placed ourselves in a placement to go on serving our customers in the wintertime time,” the spouse and wife duo explained in an electronic mail.

The Mendoncas got into the foodstuff business enterprise about 7 years back just after Leidimar Mendonca stated her spouse expressed a motivation to make churros like the ones he loved as a child in Brazil.

Leidimar Mendonca explained she owns a hair salon in Danbury and set up a tent outside the house, exactly where her husband started building churros for her customers.

“They started chatting about how remarkable and refreshing his churros have been, and he started out getting orders from unique individuals,” she stated. “We understood it could grow to be a wonderful portion-time task for him and so we started to promote them at the Danbury Farmers Current market.”

She stated they ordered their first food truck about a calendar year later, and bought a 2nd 1 in 2020. That yr, Cinnamon Churros was voted next-greatest food items truck in a Hearst Connecticut Media poll of 123 cellular eateries in the state.

Leidimar Mendonca claimed the Cinnamon Churros Café in Bethel will have the similar delectable offerings as the food items truck, and then some.

“Our churros are built clean from scratch and people can also customise them,” she reported.

Not only will there be freshly-baked, uniquely-crafted churros accessible at the café, but patrons will be in a position to pick out from a large variety of filling and topping alternatives — from caramel, chocolate, guava and peanut butter to sprinkles, nuts, a variety of candies and fruits — to produce their personal.

“We’re passionate about exceptional styles of food,” the Mendoncas stated. “We’re likely to have a selection of savory and sweet pastries, and a massive dessert selection.”

Churros will not be the only factor on the menu.

Leidimar Mendonca stated there will also be salads, sandwiches, pastries, and “varieties of Brazilian, European, Japanese and Latin desserts.”

The Mendoncas, who reside in Newtown, reported they’re hunting forward to Cinnamon Churros Café’s grand opening and turning into aspect of Bethel’s food items organization neighborhood.

“The purpose we determined to open Cinnamon Churros Café in Bethel was quite simple: We enjoy Bethel and the persons are extremely pleasant and supportive,” they reported.

The Mendoncas say the café’s hours of operation will be from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays via Saturdays.