Where is the “soul of Phoenix”? For Chef Silvana Salcido Esparza, it’s the neighborhood that gave rise to her celebrated restaurant, Barrio Café, and the outdoor museum of street art that surrounds it. “Phoenix is my home,” Esparza says, “because I came here broken, and this is where I healed.” She has leveraged the success of Barrio Café to open doors for others in her community, by training aspiring chefs in her kitchen and providing concrete canvasses for established and emerging Latino muralists. Visit www.visitphoenix.com for more information.
