April 9, 2026

A food truck that serves Guatemalan street foods now offers year-round service with a brick-and-mortar location.

Sabores 502 is leasing space in a commercial building at 804 W. 11th St.

The food truck is in the parking lot behind the building, and customers can order inside the restaurant and eat there or take their food to go.

The space has seating for almost two dozen customers at tables and a countertop along the window that looks out at 11th Street.

Nasly Paredes and her husband, Erick, started the food truck in 2019. “Sabores” means “flavors,” and 502 is the international code for Guatemala, where they were born.

The menu includes shuco, which Paredes describes as a Guatemalan hot dog, and mixtas, which is like a taco but with a hot dog. Over the years, customers have asked for other street tacos, so Paredes added one with steak, tomato, onion, cilantro and an avocado sauce.

Bigger meals include churrasquitos, which is a carne asada, or steak, plate and pollo frito, or fried chicken, which is served with fries, salad and tortillas.

Sabores 502 is known for its shaved ice treats, which include fresh fruit, flavoring and condensed milk. Some versions have tomato or clamato juice, lemon or lime, Takis chips and pepitas.

With the new location, Paredes has added smoothies in four flavors: banana, chocomilk, mixed fruit and peanut.

Paredes left Guatemala when she was 16, moving to California with her mother. Five years later, in 2008, they moved to Sioux Falls, where other relatives lived. She met her husband here, and they have three children. Along with her husband, who is a subcontractor, those family members helped remodel the new space.

In previous food truck seasons, diners could find Sabores 502 outside her cousin’s business near 10th Street and Blauvelt Ave. and at soccer games on Sundays at Yankton Trail Park.

The food truck will continue to be at the soccer games, which run from mid-May through September, Paredes said. On those Sundays and other days when the food truck is booked for events, the restaurant will be closed, she said.

“I will post it on Facebook and post it here at the door as well when we have other events,” Paredes said.

In addition to the restaurant, exposure for Sabores 502 is growing in other ways. For the first time, the food truck will be at a few Levitt at the Falls concerts this summer. It also has a few dates at Food Truck Tuesday at Golf Addiction and Food Truck Monday at Dells Auto in Dell Rapids.

Sabores 502 will continue to book private events and provide catering, Paredes said.

“If it’s not on the menu, but if you have a specific plate that you would like us to cook, we do that as well.”

Hours at the restaurant are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and Sunday, and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday.