Los Valedores
Los Valedores Mexican Food LLC is a Mexican restaurant located at 302 Columbiana Road, off of Oxmoor Road near the Palisades Shopping Center in Homewood. The business was founded by then Culinard staffer William Paredes in 2014 as a truck, based out of the Boston Fish Supreme at 5005 Jefferson Avenue Southwest. The name translates as "the protectors" or "the defenders".
Since 2016 the blue-colored truck operated on the vacant corner lot at Oxmoor Road and Green Springs Highway. When that site was redeveloped in 2023 for Chase Bank, it relocated to the parking lot of the former Nina's Cleaners. Parades later renovated and took over the building as the business' first brick-and-mortar restaurant in early 2025.
A second truck operated on weekdays at the Chevron gas station at 1413 11th Avenue South. In 2024 it relocated to the 1st Ave Hookah and Vape Shop and 1st Avenue Cellular Exit at 4101 1st Avenue North in North Avondale.
References
- Velasco, Eric (October 4, 2017) "Let's Taco 'bout Taco Trucks: A guide to the city's thriving taco truck scene." The Birmingham News
- Davis, Jordyn (November 5, 2024) "Popular local taco truck opening a new storefront in Homewood." Bham Now
External links
- Los Valedores on Facebook.com