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Our Mission

  Our mission is to serve as a platform for economic development for aspiring immigrant and refugee women entrepreneurs to learn the skills to find a great job in the industry or launch their own business using our earn-while-you-learn model.

Our History

Launched by Focus Points Family Resource Center in October 2016, this purposeful restaurant was formed in direct response to the community-identified need for economic opportunity in the face of gentrification. Since Comal opened its doors, the training program has served 40 participants and helped launch 6 businesses.

Plated dishes from Comal with a small flyer about the organization.

Our Model

This multi-purpose kitchen incubator takes a form of 36 months training program, during which cohort participants train in the Comal restaurant to learn on-the-job skills, test their heritage recipes and grow with a restaurant owner mindset. Everything on the menu is made from scratch, reflecting the heritage of each entrepreneur. 

An instructor and student in one of the classrooms.

Why It Works

The economic development aspect of Comal is a “earn while you learn” model. This follows the philosophy of a family resource center to support families in financial sustainability. While participants are learning on the job they are also earning a stipend to support their training efforts. The stipend is positioned as economic support to participants who might not otherwise be able to invest this time into training and developing their business.

Our Outlook

Comal is designed to be a place where different cultures can be bridged, shared, and cherished. With the rapid development of Denver, and the increase in costs, Comal is providing the space needed to keep entrepreneurship local and thriving.

Support Comal-launched Businesses

Prieto's Catering

Jebena Ethiopian Coffee & Culture

Prieto's Catering

Prieto's catering food truck with Erika Rojas in front.

Prieto’s Catering, founded by Erika Rojas, is a Mexican food truck that sells authentic and delicious food located in Aurora, CO, offering a variety of tacos, including the famous birria tacos everyone is raving about! Prieto’s also serves popular Mexican dishes made fresh, such as tamales, tortas and burritos.

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La Catrina Grill

Jebena Ethiopian Coffee & Culture

Prieto's Catering

Logo for La Catrina Grill.

La Catrina Grill caters made from scratch Heritage Mexican cuisine to ensure your event is a unique experience. Born in Mexico City, Silvia Hernandez is an expert in Mexican cuisine with a passion for making food fun. 

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Jebena Ethiopian Coffee & Culture

Jebena Ethiopian Coffee & Culture

Jebena Ethiopian Coffee & Culture

Bags of coffee from Jebena Ethiopian Coffee & Culture.

Jebena Ethiopian Coffee & Culture serves authentic Ethiopian coffee in the traditional style. We offer coffee ceremonies that let you experience coffee with all five senses.

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Comal Heritage Food Incubator

We Moved!

Come see us at our new location.

 Tuesday -Friday 

Breakfast 8-10 AM

Lunch 11 AM - 2 PM

1950 35th Street

Denver, Colorado 80216

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