{"id":25216,"date":"2019-06-11T16:32:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T22:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/silverthornes-panaderia-la-escondida-the-hidden-bakery-now-sells-authentic-street-tacos-tortas-in-addition-to-baked-goods\/"},"modified":"2019-06-11T16:32:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T22:32:00","slug":"silverthornes-panaderia-la-escondida-the-hidden-bakery-now-sells-authentic-street-tacos-tortas-in-addition-to-baked-goods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/local-news\/silverthornes-panaderia-la-escondida-the-hidden-bakery-now-sells-authentic-street-tacos-tortas-in-addition-to-baked-goods\/","title":{"rendered":"Silverthorne\u2019s Panaderia La Escondida, \u2018The Hidden Bakery,\u2019 now sells authentic street tacos, tortas in addition to baked goods"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Quesitacos al Pastor dish at the La Escondida Tuesday, June 11, in Silverthorne.<\/strong>
Hugh Carey \/ hcarey@summitdaily.com<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Panaderia La Escondida has beefed up its menu with a food item practically everyone loves \u2014 tacos \u2014 and the bakery\u2019s doing it at a price that\u2019s kind to just about anyone\u2019s budget.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a week now, and the word is just starting to go out,\u201d said Kevin Pelen, owner of the off-the-beaten-path bakery in Silverthorne that recently started turning out tacos along with pastries, muffins, dessert empanadas, loaves of bread and other baked goods.<\/p>\n

The last time the Summit Daily News caught up with Pelen<\/a>, he was building a strong local following after opening the bakery at 252 Warren Ave., inside the same shopping complex as the ReSaddled Thrift Store, in fall 2017.<\/p>\n

Now, the sweet smells wafting about the bakery are met with the savory scent of carne asada and chorizo, just a couple of the proteins being plated inside Pelen\u2019s Mexican-style tacos.<\/p>\n

On small flour and corn tortillas with cilantro, diced onions, salsa and guacamole, these are \u201cauthentic street tacos,\u201d he boasted, adding that he\u2019s always looking to measure his tacos against the best ones he can find on his regular trips to Mexico.<\/p>\n

Originally from Guatemala but a resident of Summit County for more than 17 years, Pelen is no stranger to tacos. In fact, he opened the Tacos Tequila Restaurant in Dillon before Panaderia La Escondida, which translates to \u201cThe Hidden Bakery,\u201d but said he decided to sell the Dillon business to better manage the responsibilities of a growing family.<\/p>\n

Pelen said his regulars missed his tacos so much that, after some pushing, they have convinced him to put them on the bakery\u2019s menu. It took a couple of years for Pelen to pull the trigger on the idea, and the bakery is now doing tortas and quesitacos in addition to the street tacos.<\/p>\n

Pelen knows full well that tacos have become hugely popular across America. He can\u2019t pinpoint exactly why everyone seems to love them so much, but he thinks it might have something to do with the familiarity of the dish.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like tacos are like the (Mexican version) of pizza. I know pizza is from Italy, but I feel like Americans, we eat more pizza than Italy. Tacos are like pizza: You can\u2019t beat tacos. They\u2019re just good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Unlike many local businesses in Summit County, Pelen\u2019s restaurant relies almost exclusively on locals to stay afloat. He estimates as many as 95% of his customers at the bakery live in or around Summit County, and he said he has tried to keep his prices down \u2014 $2.50 per taco \u2014 in hopes of better serving the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are people here who make $12 an hour, so you have to think about those people, too,\u201d he said, adding that he knows what it\u2019s like going out to eat with his family and runing into a $100 bill.<\/p>\n

And for anyone who enjoys supporting local businesses, the bakery-turned-taco-shop is the epitome of a family-owned, family-run business. Pelen\u2019s father, Byron; his wife, Anyela; and the couple\u2019s 6-year-old son all lend a hand at the bakery, along with a few other workers.<\/p>\n

The bakery opens at 7 a.m. daily and closes for the night at 8. During summer, the bakery is closed Sundays.<\/p>\n

Considering the bakery\u2019s prep work can bring Pelen in as early as 4 a.m., it makes for some long days for the 32-year-old business owner. But if you ask him, he doesn\u2019t seem to mind.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, I have to\u201d work long days, he said as he broke into a smile. \u201cI have no choice, right? I have a family to support.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Quesitacos al Pastor dish at the La Escondida Tuesday, June 11, in Silverthorne.Hugh Carey \/ hcarey@summitdaily.com Panaderia La Escondida has beefed up its menu with a food item practically everyone loves \u2014 tacos \u2014 and the bakery\u2019s doing it at a price that\u2019s kind to just about anyone\u2019s budget. \u201cIt\u2019s been a week now, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-25216","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 22:15:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIFT - The LIFT FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25216\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}