Food Truck Profile: CANDELA PIZZA
Editor’s Note: All images courtesy of Candela Pizza.
With the 2023 Everett Food Truck Festival, Upper Left Beerfest, and Everett Makers Market coming up on August 11+12, we’re highlighting some of the vendors participating in this year’s festival.
CALLING VOLUNTEERS
Volunteer for a short shift at the 2023 Everett food truck festival and score tasty perks.
Food Truck/Company Name:
CANDELA PIZZA
Name and job title:
OCTAVIO & ZULLY ORTEGA/ OWNERS
Your food truck's hometown?:
RENTON
Type of food you serve?:
Latin Fusion wood fired pizza
HOW LONG HAS YOUR FOOD TRUCK BEEN OPEN?:
5 months
Latin Fusion Pizza
Favorite place to serve food?:
Renton
What inspired you to start your business, and what makes you unique?:
I want to do my own take on traditional pizza and give it a twist. By adding Latin ingredients to wood fired pizza makes us the first ever Latin Fusion Pizza brand. In only 3 short months the brand has taken off, from breweries to neighborhoods and all major events in the Seattle area, Candela Pizza will be there.
Wood fired chipotle BBQ wings
What's your personal favorite item that you serve?:
Havana Pizza: Chipotle aioli base sauce, Cuban roast pork, pickles, red onions, banana peppers and cilantro.
This pizza has rapidly become the number one seller, even over the traditional pepperoni pizza.
What food do you serve that your customers like the most?:
Chipotle aioli base sauce, Cuban roast pork, pickles, red onions, banana peppers and cilantro.
What’s the most challenging part of running your business or an obstacle you've had to overcome?:
Operation multiple businesses from construction to food trucks and now restaurants. Launching this new brand was not an easy task, since the food industry is so demanding and like any new business it requires the full attention and dedication from the founder, myself. Even with that said, this has become a very successful brand.
Does your menu cater to any food allergies, vegetarian, or vegan options?:
Yes, we have vegan, vegetarian and gluten free options.
Favorite place to eat (other than your business)?:
Japonessa Sushi Cocina
Favorite place in Everett to hang?:
Downtown Everett
Favorite quote and/or words to live by?:
Imposible is nothing!
Are you excited for the 2023 Everett Food Truck Festival? Is there anything you'd like people to know?:
Yes, we very excited to showcase our unique take on traditional pizza and have customers enjoy our delicious creations.
Where can people try your food and find you at?:
Instagram: @candelapizza_
JOIN THE YUM
2023 Everett Food Truck Festival,
Upper Left Beerfest, & Everett Makers Market
August 11 + 12, 2023
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Two Sundays of live jazz at Bluewater, 5 to 7 p.m. with no cover: the Greg Williamson Trio on Nov. 1 and the Milo Petersen Trio on Nov. 15.
A free all-ages matinee at Wheel and House, with the Bergevins and company covering the Indigo Girls, Johnny Cash, Elton John and American classics. 3 to 5 p.m. Nov. 7.
Home bartending tips and spirits tastings with owner John Lundin, 6 p.m. Nov. 18. $25, limited seats, 21 and over.
Division I men’s college basketball comes to Everett for the first time as WSU takes on Hawaii at Angel of the Winds Arena, 7 p.m. Nov. 18.
Handmade gifts and goodies from local vendors at PUD headquarters, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 20, with proceeds supporting low-income seniors’ electric bills.
The Music Circle’s student bands play 2000s rock radio hits at APEX, with ticket sales supporting the school’s scholarship program.
Forty-five minutes of mat Pilates with Alexi McKinley, then a champagne cocktail and brunch. 10 a.m. Nov. 28, $50, limited seats.
The Everett Philharmonic’s annual family concert, with Music Director Bobby Collins conducting at the Everett Civic Auditorium on Thanksgiving weekend.
Guest post by Everett Farmers Market Manager Karen Erickson: Look past the produce tables and you’ll find Chuckanut Beef, Sea to Shore Seafood Co., and Salt Blade salami — three vendors with stories worth bringing home for supper.
Guest post by Everett Comedy founder and host Cory Michaelis: how a monthly indie show at the newly renovated New Everett Theater became the only regular stop for nationally touring headliners in Snohomish County.
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