South Bay’s Beloved Mexican Bakery on Wheels Bounces Again After Devastating Theft

The week after a well-liked cell Mexican bakery’s van was stolen and smashed to bits, the enterprise is almost able to get again to promoting delectable pastries and savory treats. Following an outpouring of assist on social media and a profitable GoFundMe marketing campaign, which raised over $18,000 in eight days, the homeowners of Zeledon’s Bakery on Wheels have bought a brand new van for his or her touring panadería and can quickly be roaming the South Bay as soon as extra.

Juan Carlos Soto, who runs the bakery together with his nephew, Ernesto Botello, informed The Commonplace that he hopes to get again to enterprise—his colourful trays of pan dulce, elote, empanadas and tamales in tow—as quickly as Wednesday. 

“We’ve been working laborious on every part because the van was gone,” Soto stated. “It takes a variety of time.” 

The bakery shared the information that its automobile had been stolen and destroyed final week by way of Instagram.

Zeledon’s cultivated a ride-or-die following final summer season when the panadería went viral on TikTok. Clients started posting movies of their scorching pursuit of the roving sweets store, which usually doesn’t keep in anyone location for longer than an hour. Typically, prospects rise to the bugle name of “La Cucaracha” when Zeledon’s rolls round. Very like an ice cream truck or produce cart may, Soto and Botello blast the track out of the van’s audio system.

Soto stated he credit the bakery’s swift restoration to his loyal prospects. Zeledon’s at present has greater than 33,000 followers on Instagram.

“We love you guys,” he stated. “I’m so glad to return to work delivering my pan dulce […] quickly.”