“Crunchy outside, soft center, golden brown and delicious” – that’s how Aldo Rios, owner of El Churro Shop in Little Village, describes the perfect churro. LatinoVoicesWTTW
“Crunchy outside, soft center, golden brown and delicious” – that’s how Aldo Rios, owner ofThe crispy fried sugar-kissed dough sticks brought to Mexico by Spaniards are a familiar indulgence to many. But even on 26At El Churro Shop, Little Village native Rios is taking the sweet snack back to its Mexican roots.
Rather than filling his churros, Rios offers house-made sauces and toppings to add adventure to his traditional treats.3536 W. 26th St., in July, Rios had worked in kitchens for his entire professional life. When the pandemic shutdowns caused his hours to be cut in 2020, Rios suddenly had one crucial ingredient that he had always been short on before: time.
“People started coming up, they really didn’t know what I was doing. They thought I was frying fish for some reason,” he said. “Once they saw that I was actually making churros, seeing it being made by hand with a piping and scissors and cutting it and frying to order, it was like ‘Wow, is that really how you make like a churro?’”
“We were just driving up and down 26th Street, wanted a place to sit down, have coffee, just like, have a conversation and just hang out. And we didn’t find that, we didn’t have a space that we could actually do that,” he said.
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