Come enjoy the authentic experience of a traditional Mexican tortillería right here in Ottawa.
Here you can see how nixtamal tortillas are made from corn grain, feel their fresh, hard-to-resist aroma and buy them steaming hot off the tortilla presses.
If tortilla chips are your thing, you will not be disappointed. Tortilla Maker also sells freshly-made tortilla chips and corn taco shells. Make sure to pair them up with our original line of homemade salsas – Salsas Carlota – including our homemade guacamole. What’s more, our taquería menu offers a wide selection of tacos, taquitos, tamales, nachos, birria, tostadas and gorditas for every taste, all prepared in-house daily with our own organic, gluten-free corn dough and corn tortillas.
Our artisan corn tortillas are 100% natural (no added artificial flavours), salt-free and gluten-free, thanks to the millenary tortilla-making technique known as nixtamalization, a method by which maize kernels are turned into tortilla dough using water, heat, food-grade softener and hydrated lime (calcium hydroxide). The word nixtamalization originates from the Mexican indigenous language of Náhuatl, in which nextli means ashes and tamali unformed maize dough.
The process of nixtamalization significantly improves the nutritional value of maize. This traditional method leads to a wide range of nutritional benefits, including increased intake of calcium, fiber, iron and vitamin B3 niacin. The dry kernels are cooked and steeped in water and lime, then rinsed to remove the outer kernel cover (pericarp) and milled to produce the dough. Come see for yourself how it’s done in our tortilla bakery!
As of January 2026, we have added a new production line of corn tortillas, in hopes of giving our customers more options at affordable prices. Tortilla Allons-y is our latest line of gluten-free corn tortillas, mixing nixtamal corn and corn flour.
Having cravings yet? Swing by our tortillería, it’s the only remedy!
Miguel Angel Jiménez Reyes
Founder and President
Artisan de Tortilla/ Tortilla Maker of Canada Corporation
