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Slideshow: Inside La Cocina, the Food Entrepreneur Incubator

La Cocina provides female immigrants with the tools they need to launch their own restaurants. Emily Voigtlander gives us a peek at the chefs in action.

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La Cocina executive director Caleb Zigas.

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Isabel Caudillo of El Buen Comer teaches the Simple Salsa Cooking Class. Monthly cooking classes are part of La Cocina's community outreach and revenue raising efforts. 
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Chaac Mool and their truck in Dolores Park. 
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A pork taco from Chaac Mool.
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Luis Vázquez of Chaac Mool

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Isabel Caudillo of El Buen Comer running her stand at this year's Street Food Festival. 

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The Third Annual Street Food Festival celebrated the hard work of La Cocina's businesses and drew in a crowd of over 35,000 guests. 

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El Hurache Loco will open their own restaurant in the fall. They are the first of La Cocina's businesses to open a brick-and-mortar restaurant.

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Street Food Festival attendees munching away. 

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