DC Grey Market: An underground opportunity for vendors

At one corner of the market, Marshall Stowell and Chris Hobbs were hawking Senora Hobbs's Kick Ass Salsa, a zippy condiment starring grilled peaches, pineapples and peppers. Latin flair decked the senora's small table, a princess pinata hung in the corner of the tent, and a colorful business card summed up the persona of the Latin lady fighter-slash-cook, "a tough cholita" known in the ring and the kitchen "for her intuition and her flying kicks."

Stowell and Hobbs work in communications and philanthropy, respectively. Their catchy marketing had taken several weeks of "goofing around" to develop, according to Stowell, and was a fun way of seeing what it might be like to open a taqueria — though that's a pipe dream.

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Lori Montgomery 02 Aug, 2011


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