Ruta de Sabores

✨One of the Biggest Salvadoran food collabs is here. ✨

Join us for an unforgettable evening celebrating Contemporary Salvadoran Cuisine with some of today’s most exciting chefs and creatives pushing Salvadoran food and culture forward.

This special collaboration features: 🍴 Chef Anthony Salguero of 🍴 Chef Jimmy Reyes of 🍴 Chef Agua Lemus of 🍴 Chef Jarod Wang of ☕ Gardenia Rosales of 🍹 Mixologists Tony Flores and Adri Reyna, crafting Salvadoran-inspired cocktails 📚 Karla Tatiana Vasquez, author of

🎟️ With your ticket, you’ll enjoy every dish, every drink, every flavor. Seats will sell out!

This is more than dinner—it’s a moment. A celebration. The future of Salvadoran cuisine. 🌟

Ticket Prices:

🦜🎟️ Early Bird Tickets $95 (Available only September 15-22)

✨🎟️ General Tickets $115 (Available September 23-28)

We are excited that a portion of the profits from Ruta de Sabores will be donated to CARECEN in support of their work for immigrant rights and supporting immigrant families. "CARECEN, the largest Central American immigrant rights organization in the country, empowers Central Americans and all immigrants by defending human and civil rights, working for social and economic justice, and promoting cultural diversity."

To learn more about CARECEN, visit carecen-la.org.

Chef Anthony Salguero (he/him) is the owner and chef of Popoca in Oakland. His love of food comes from eating absolutely everything he could possibly try as a Bay Area kid who was always surrounded by great food from other cultures including his own. He has worked with renowned chefs at the Plumed Horse in Saratoga, Saison and Commonwealth in San Francisco, and Quattro in Palo Alto. French bistro Michel in Oakland was Michelin-rated during his time as the executive chef. Popoca is his first solo project.

While Popoca pays homage to his Salvadoran roots, it is very much a reflection of who he is. He melds together Californian flavors with Salvadoran ones. He uses traditional Salvadoran cooking techniques, including his signature wood-fire cooking. He also uses unexpected techniques and ingredients to create totally new flavors and dishes. As he likes to say, Popoca is Salvadoran-inspired and California grown.

When he’s not poring over cookbooks and working with his talented team, he is spending time with his rowdy family—which usually also involves food.

Follow on Instagram @popoca.oakland

Jarod Wang (he/him)is an LA-based chef whose cooking reflects the city's vibrant, multicultural spirit. Through his restaurant Arroz & Fun, he creates dishes that are a tribute to the diverse flavors and traditions that define Los Angeles.

Follow on Instagram @arrozandfun_la

Gardenia Rosales (she/her), founder of Cipota Coffee. Forever chasing the perfect cup and sharing Salvadoran flavors with the world.

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Jimmy Reyes (he/him) has over 10 years of experience in the culinary world and is the founder of Leña, a Salvadoran-inspired wood-fired pop-up restaurant.

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Karla Tatiana Vasquez (she/her) is a James Beard Award–nominated cookbook author and recipe developer based in Los Angeles. Her debut cookbook, The SalviSoul Cookbook is the first Salvadoran cookbook to be published in U.S. history. She is the creator of Un Poco de Relajo, a newsletter blending food history, cultural reflections, recipes, and community.

Her work has been published in The Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and Teen Vogue, and her recipes have appeared in Food & Wine, Serious Eats, BuzzFeed Tasty, and Tastemade. Karla is also the executive producer of the original docuseries Salvi Los Angeles, which explores Salvadoran culture, food, and community in Los Angeles.

Karla is also a food justice advocate and an active member in her community to increase healthy food accessibility in low-income communities, previously working with Hunger Action Los Angeles and Los Angeles Food Policy Council. She founded SalviSoul to preserve her family’s recipes, and since then it’s expanded to focus on cultural memory and intergenerational healing for the Salvadoran diaspora.

Follow on Instagram @salvisoul

Adri Reyna (she/her) is the bar manager of Employees Only LA and has been voted as one of the best bartenders in California in 2023. Adri is known for her creative contributions to mixology.

Follow on Instagram @reyna15

Tony Flores (he/him)has had over 10 years of bartending experience at some of the best bars and restaurants in Los Angeles. His extensive knowledge of Salvadoran rum has added a lot to the industry and Salvadoran food culture for the diaspora.

Follow on Instagram @losangelessoul

Chef Agua (they/them) is a Los Angeles native with deep familial roots in Sonsonate, El Salvador. They treat Los Angeles as their culinary playground, bringing together the city’s diverse flavors with the heart of Salvadoran cuisine. For Agua, food is more than a plate, it’s a gathering place, a spark of curiosity, and a way to build community. Chef Agua invites you to not just taste the flavors they grew up with, but also to connect to culture, memory with one another. Amanos LA is their contemporary Salvadoran pop-up that highlights their Sonsonate roots with their former experiences as a chef in LA.

Follow on Instagram @amanos.la

Host or Publisher Arroz & Fun