SAN ANTONIO — The sound of the conveyor belt rumbles throughout the building as employees at LA MILPA : Tortilleria, Taqueria are making a popular item that a lot of people in the 210 enjoy.
They’re a family-owned San Antonio business located on 1933 Fredericksburg Road that specializes in tortillas.
And we don’t mean just any tortillas: Flour, wheat, corn and corn with a twist.
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The family-owned tortilla company was started in 1939 in the back of an Oakland grocery store. In 1954, Robert Berber, Sr., and Robert Berber Jr., purchased the store and began to focus on making tortillas using traditional methods. Today, the third and fourth generation of Berbers continue to operate Mi Rancho, continuing to expand and prepare the company for continued success and growth. …
The precious H-E-B tortilla is homemade. Or as close to homemade as you can get in a 68,000-square-foot grocery store along the Houston interstate. …
Two men are pushing back against a tortilla-making process that became industrialized in the 20th century, particularly through the domination of Maseca, a producer of dehydrated tortilla flour. …
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