Upon entering Dulcinea Panadería Oaxaqueña in San Jose, the intoxicating aroma alone should be enough to overwhelm your senses. But if it doesn’t, the dazzling display of more than 100 varieties of cookies, pastries, breads and cakes — almost all made fresh daily — certainly will.
It might be surprising to discover all of this goodness sprang from a food truck: El Ferente, launched by owner Monse Barrita in 2016. It’s a bit harder to imagine that her first idea for a new business, after closing a spa she owned, was to open a car dealership.
“When I was younger,” she told San José Spotlight, “I would help my mom cut cheese, cook tortillas and do this, do that. At the time, I was actually working for an equity compensation firm. But I think the food kept calling me back.”…