Three entrepreneurial brothers are making a gastronomic mark in the Twin Cities. This month, the trio behind Lomabonita Market opened their sixth — and biggest — location in Richfield.

Porfirio Castillo, the eldest of the brothers, said the public’s reaction to the store opening has been “great.”

“The first day that we open, there was like 2,000 people outside, waiting just for the opening,” he said.

Castillo gave MPR News a tour of the 52,000-square foot store, which offers an abundance of foods and services: fancy cakes, tripe, fresh vegetables, paletas made of fruit and juice, flowers, international money transfers, piñatas, flowers, a Mexican restaurant and, coming in December, tortillas made in-store.

Floral bouquets greet customers at the entrance. Just a few short steps away fro

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