{"id":256481,"date":"2026-04-01T12:13:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T16:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanierbia.com\/?post_type=member_of_the_month&#038;p=256481"},"modified":"2026-09-29T13:06:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T17:06:50","slug":"ay-wey-mexican-street-tacos","status":"publish","type":"member_of_the_month","link":"https:\/\/vanierbia.com\/fr\/member-of-the-month\/ay-wey-mexican-street-tacos\/","title":{"rendered":"Ay Wey! 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We used to invite friends over, so people started trying our food and they'd say, 'why you don't open a Mexican restaurant?'\"\r\n\r\nWhen Juan and Beatriz started thinking seriously about the idea, they picked McArthur Road for the location. \"We always knew that the Vanier area was a great spot for business.\"\r\n\r\nThe restaurant's signature dish, <em>tacos al pastor<\/em>, is made with meat carved from a vertical spit that you might recognize from shawarma restaurants. Though Dom\u00ednguez notes they do use halal meat, the restaurant's spit was imported from his hometown Mexico City, where it is known as a <em>trompo<\/em> and is a traditional part of the city's street cuisine.\r\n\r\nAy Wey! also offers unique vegan and vegetarian options, including a version of <em>tacos al pastor<\/em> with soy instead of meat, a salad made with fresh cactus leaves and <em>sopa tarasca<\/em>, a soup from Salgado's home state, Michoacan.\r\n\r\n<strong>Give their food a whirl at 295 McArthur Road!<\/strong>","pull_quote":"Everything started at home. We are from Mexico originally, and we always dreamed about our cuisine from back home. We used to invite friends over, so people started trying our food and they'd say, 'why you don't open a Mexican restaurant?' 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