When Shawn Camacho and Shawn Naputi first opened Prubechu in 2014, it was the only Guamanian restaurant in San Francisco. Most of their customers had never heard of Chamorro food before. Now, the popular restaurant is a community stronghold, putting food from the Mariana Islands on the map. Before opening Prubechu, Camacho and Naputi had, for years, cooked their native cuisine for friends. Chamorro refers to an Indigenous people from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam. The islands’ historical status as a coveted trading port means that…
