El Taco Loco food truck to open restaurant in downtown Danbury
2 min readDANBURY — The owner of El Taco Loco — a well-liked, nearby meals truck specializing in reliable Mexican cuisine — is getting ready to open a brick-and-mortar cafe on Primary Street.
“This transition happened incredibly rapid, but we’re energized to choose this up coming move,” El Taco Loco food items truck proprietor Noel Dominguez reported in an e-mail.
The 25-12 months Danbury resident is having ready to open up his to start with downtown restaurant, which will have the exact same identify as his foodstuff truck, at 317 Primary St.
Immediately after sitting vacant for a few several years following the closure of Subway, the about 1,600-square-foot business place on the corner of Principal and Crosby streets was transformed into a Japanese-Latin cafe known as ItadakiMÀS, which closed its doors previous month just after a 12 months in business enterprise.
ItadakiMÀS owner Anna Llanos, who also owns Mothership Bakery & Café, reported she imagined 317 Key St. would be great for a taco store and determined to help El Taco Loco transfer into the space.
“It was a fantastic option that was supplied to us,” Dominguez reported. “Anna has helped us a ton in figuring out how to open up up (there) to grow our business and give it a shot.”
Dominguez entered Danbury’s meals scene three a long time in the past with the El Taco Loco food items truck.
“We’re Mexican and my wife is familiar with a good deal of standard Mexican recipes, so my spouse, brother and I experienced the idea to get into the food stuff small business,” he stated.
Considering that July 2019, the El Taco Loco food stuff truck has been a loved ones-operate business presenting reliable Mexican dishes like tacos, burritos, quesadillas and tortas, as effectively as chips, guacamole and salsa.
“We really try out to offer the flavors that we have again residence in Mexico,” Dominguez stated.
The El Taco Loco restaurant will present the identical goods as the meals truck, according to Dominguez, who claimed he designs to continue making use of the truck for activities in the space.
Dominguez explained he’s thrilled for El Taco Loco to open up at 317 Major St. and sees it as an chance to not only improve the small business, but learn more about the foodstuff sector.
“We never have an specific day nonetheless — we are continue to organizing almost everything and in the course of action of acquiring the room ready — but we’re hoping to open up it in the next few of weeks,” he explained.
In the meantime, Dominguez claimed updates on the restaurant’s grand opening will be posted on El Taco Loco’s Facebook and Instagram pages.
Yet another Danbury-location food truck not long ago opened a storefront. Marcos and Leidimar Mendonca, the house owners of Cinnamon Churros — a meals truck specializing in special churros — opened a café on Previous Hawleyville Highway in Bethel.
