West Valley City • After a tragic accident left their daughter with brain damage, Carolina Marquez and Adrian de los Santos Luna started making tacos to help pay the medical bills.
The couple, who had moved to Utah from Tijuana, Mexico, more than a decade ago, began by serving the tacos outside their home, where their 9-month-old had fallen into a container that held a small amount of water. With eight children and mounting bills, they needed to make more money than Adrian’s construction job paid.
Tacos Mi Caramelo — or “my sweet," a nickname for their daughter — opened in 2015 at 1808 W.