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Fidel Caballero and Sofia Ostos Want You to Respect the Tortilla Like You Respect the Baguette

The Corima founders talk about the dish that tastes like home, going into business with childhood friends and who gets to be the “bad guy.”

Fidel Caballero and Sofia Ostos opened Corima on the Lower East Side in January 2024. Eleven months later, the Northern Mexican restaurant had a Michelin star. Caballero grew up in Northern Mexico, and the dish that put Corima on the map came with him: the flour tortilla.

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They didn’t wait long to open again. Within five months they launched Vato, a tortilleria, burreria and bakery in Park Slope, with Caballero’s childhood friends Paco and Erica Alonso. They also opened Bar Chucho, a Northern........

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