Partners David Galaviz and Anthony Dimmick had both lost their jobs during the pandemic when they sat down to brainstorm what to do next.<\/p>\n
It turned out to be a pretty brief meeting as both of quickly realized their passion all along wasn\u2019t with the jobs that had been holding the past few years.<\/p>\n
It actually was with food.<\/p>\n
So Galaviz, who previously worked at a dental office, and Dimmick, who\u2019d been working at a newspaper, decided it was time to pursue their passion and start a food business.<\/p>\n
And what better food for Galaviz to focus on than what he\u2019d grown up eating and cooking and regularly got compliments from friends and family about: flautas.<\/p>\n
\u201cFlautas are a Mexican traditional dish,\u201d Galaviz said. \u201cDepending on where you\u2019re from, it could be called taquitos, flautas, deep-fried tacos. Sometimes, it comes in traditional flour tortillas. I grew up eating them with corn (tortillas) all the time.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was our first idea and it stuck. We really felt we could push it out there and try to get people something a little different. Tacos are everywhere. Flautas \u2014 our flautas \u2014 are unique and flavorful.\u201d<\/p>\n
And with that thinking, Flauta Kings was created.<\/p>\n
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Flautas are prepared by the \u201cFlauta Kings,\u201d Anthony Dimmick and David Galaviz, who have been serving up their homemade flautas to hungry residents and businesses since the COVID pandemic. CRAIG KOHLRUSS ckohlruss@fresnobee.com <\/p>\n
Operating as a food street vendor, Flauta Kings has a pop-up tent that\u2019s regularly set up for special events around town, does catering and takes food orders over social media with the pickup location simply just outside of their house.<\/p>\n
And it\u2019s taken off during its 5 1\/2 years, generating a solid social media presence with roughly 7,000 followers on Instagram and attracting customers throughout the central San Joaquin Valley.<\/p>\n
They\u2019re even catering their first wedding by providing post-reception flautas.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the beginning, we made like $45,\u201d Galaviz said. \u201cAnd I was like, \u2018Man. That\u2019s going to happen.\u2019 But we just kept at it and kept at it. And slowly but surely, people started coming around wanting to try the food more.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe money started increasing. It started paying the bills. We were really doing it!\u201d<\/p>\n
Flauta Kings prides itself in providing a flavorful experience.<\/p>\n
They offer potato, chicken or quesabirria flautas.<\/p>\n
The flautas can come plain or all dressed up with salsa and other layers of flavors on top.<\/p>\n
Flauta Kings have even dabbled with flautas covered in hot Cheetos.<\/p>\n
Perhaps surprisingly, the potato flautas are the most popularly ordered.<\/p>\n
Flauta Kings also make sure that their meats are seasoned, so the salsa isn\u2019t the only ingredient carrying flavor.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur flavors will speak for themselves,\u201d Galaviz said.<\/p>\n
And don\u2019t forget the Flauta Kings\u2019 rice, which originated from a home recipe cooked by Galaviz\u2019s mom but enhanced by Dimmick, who is Armenian-American and added slightly different seasonings to make the Flauta Kings rice different from others.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy mom actually told my partner, the torch is his with the Mexican rice,\u201d Galaviz said. \u201cShe doesn\u2019t want to cook it anymore. He can do it. It\u2019s his job now (at family functions).\u201d<\/p>\n
Flauta Kings is in the process of getting their food truck up and running by the end of the year, and becoming more easily accessible to others around town.<\/p>\n
Galaviz and Dimmick, nonetheless, are happy their small business has worked out, and that they\u2019re doing what they truly love.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur heart and soul is into this business,\u201d Galaviz said with a big smile. \u201cIt really did take off. I\u2019m really grateful and humbled by this.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Anthony Dimmick and David Galaviz are the \u201cFlauta Kings\u201d of Fresno and have been serving up their homemade flautas to hungry residents and businesses since the COVID pandemic. CRAIG KOHLRUSS ckohlruss@fresnobee.com
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