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# Tapas Restaurant Sauces
Vancouver's 'Bodega on Main' Has Released a Collection of Take-Home Sauces

By Mary Van Puymbroeck | Published 2017-07-31 | Lifestyle
Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bodega-on-main
References: [noshandnibble.blog](http://noshandnibble.blog/bodega-on-main-brunch-menu-launch/) & [bodegafoods](http://www.bodegafoods.ca/)

Vancouver-based tapas restaurant, 'Bodega on Main,' has released its signature Spanish sauce recipes in take-home bottles.

This collection of take-home sauces consist of the restaurant's 'Romesco Sauce,' 'Brava Sauce,' and 'Piquillo Relish.' Romesco Sauce is made of piquillo peppers, roasted almonds and Spanish paprika whereas Brava is a spicy tomato and garlic sauce. These bottled family recipes are exclusive to Bodega Foods. These sauces from Bodega on Main are a great way to elevate meal time and they also make fantastic gifts.

Expanding to take-home products is a way for restaurants to solidify their legacy, especially for family-run businesses. Bodega works to bring the legacy of tapas cuisine to the next generation and these take-home sauces will definitely help make the Vancouver hot-spot a household name.

## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter)

- Score: 0.6/10
- Popularity: 6% | Activity: 3% | Freshness: 8%
- Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women
- Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X
- Top markets: North America

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## Key Themes

### What's Driving This Trend

- **Take-home Sauces:** Restaurants can capitalize on the growing demand for take-home products by offering their signature sauces for customers to enjoy at home.
- **Family Legacy Products:** Family-run businesses can strengthen their brand and maintain their legacy by packaging and selling their traditional recipes in consumer-friendly formats.
- **Tapas Cuisine:** The popularity of tapas cuisine presents an opportunity for restaurants to market their tapas sauces as a way to bring the authentic taste of Spain into households.

### Who This Affects Most

- **Restaurant:** Restaurants can establish a new revenue stream by offering their signature sauces as take-home products.
- **Food Manufacturing:** The demand for packaged and bottled sauces presents an opportunity for food manufacturing companies to collaborate with restaurants and produce their signature sauces at scale.
- **Gifts & Specialty Foods:** The unique and flavorful take-home sauces from Bodega on Main can become popular gifts and specialty food items, opening up opportunities in the gifts and specialty foods industry.

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