Latinx food vendor hopes to inspire young girls to flex entrepreneurial skills in Little Village

ByYukare Nakayama Localish logo
Monday, September 21, 2020
Little Village food vendor inspire young girls to flex entrepreneurial skills
These vendors sell anything from fresh fruit to their famous basket tacos!Las Toxicas, meaning "The Toxic One's" in English, is a group of young Latinx vendors.

CHICAGO -- A group of female vendors in Chicago are making a name for themselves in the West Side community of Little Village.

Las Toxicas, meaning "The Toxic One's" in English, is a group of young Latinx vendors.

They sell anything from fresh fruit to their famous basket tacos.

They got their name because they say their food is so enticing, it keeps customers coming back for seconds!

The owner of the vending cart wanted to allow young Latinx females to flex their entrepreneurial skills for future endeavors.

Las Toxicas sells out of their Mexican goods seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.