It all started with a Halloween bean suit.

In 2007, newly arrived New Orleans transplant Devin De Wulf (née Meyers) was brainstorming costume ideas with a friend at Pal’s Lounge and came up with a winner that wove together several intertwining threads. While spending a year in Brazil as a college student, and another six months in Mexico, De Wulf developed a taste for both countries’ vibrant street culture and bean cuisine. That ...