When Fernando Aguilar Ramirez, founder and owner of Tacos El Primo, came to Minneapolis from Mexico in 1996, he brought with him a love for cooking. He ran a concession food trailer in the Mexican city of Salamanca, but had to leave the trailer behind when he traveled to the United States.
Ramirez returned to cooking when some friends who worked as roofers asked Ramirez to cook lunch for them.
What started as only a few meals per day quickly turned into Ramirez providing tacos and tamales for…