EVANS, Colo. — When pastors José and Margaret Ornelas needed money to pay the bills at their church in Platteville, God sent them a recipe for tamales to sell. At least, that’s how their daughter Angel Figueroa tells the story.
Pretty soon, “The church became more known for the tamales than being a church,” said Figueroa, 50.
Thirty years later, the Figureroas are still selling tamales. The family opened its restaurant, Tamales From Heaven, located in a stripmall south of U.S. 34 in Evans, in 2009…