Chef René Valenzuela has left is culinary mark on Tampa Bay for more than 20 years. His new endeavor René’s Mexican Kitchen is a throwback to classic approaches to cooking street taco’s he learned growing up and starting his restaurant in Monterrey Mexico. In this episode we learn why he goes all in making his own charcoal, how a jalapeño exporter landed in Tampa and built one of the city’s culinary staples, and what comes next. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jmansjournal/message