FUSION OF FLAVORS
SPANGLISH FACTORY BLENDS PERUVIAN AND PUERTO RICAN CUISINE
Joel and Carolina Fuentes Writer / Renee Larr Photographer / Robby Berry
Spanglish Factory is a local food truck fixture at the Marathon gas station on Pendleton Pike in Indianapolis. The truck serves Puerto Rican and Peruvian fusion
food. Joel Fuentes and his wife, Carolina Fuentes, own and operate the mobile kitchen. “I’m originally from Puerto Rico, and my wife is originally from Peru,” Joel Fuentes says. “The food we serve is a mash-up of the 32 / GEIST MAGAZINE / JULY 2021 / TownePost.com
two cultures.” Fuentes arrived in the United States 12 years ago, and his wife arrived when she was 15 years old. The pair met through mutual friends.
