tacos

Shuttered JP taco place to re-open

adamg — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:31:36 +0000

Tacos El Charro, 349 Centre St., will re-open as soon as the city issues an inspection certificate, owner Aida Luz Navarro said this morning.

Navarro told the Boston Licensing Board she was forced to close the restaurant earlier this year due to financial problems - she didn't have enough to pay for a required permit in December, and in January, NStar shut off power due to a $7,000 unpaid bill.

Navarro said she's worked out a payment plan with the electric company and has raised enough money to buy the food and supplies needed to re-open. She said she is only awaiting an Inspectional Services Department inspection. In the meantime, she said, she has been cleaning and updating the restaurant.

Navarro was before the board for non-use of her common victualer's license.

Deep Ellum gets permission to tacoize; Brighton Ave. place gets OK to go kabob-bob-bobbing along at night

adamg — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:45:31 +0000

The Boston Licensing Board yesterday voted to let Deep Ellum, 477 Cambridge St., take over the space next door to open a Texas-style taco place called Lone Star Taco Bar.

The board also gave Boston Kabob Co., 164 Brighton Ave., permission to stay open until 1 a.m., Thursday through Saturday. The kaboberia had asked for permission to keep the lights on until 2 a.m. those days.

Allston could get deep tacos

adamg — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:55:03 +0000

Joshua Krefetz reports the Allston Civic Association voted tonight to support Deep Ellum's proposal to expand into space next door and create a Lone Star Taco Bar.

The Boston Licensing Board has the final say.

'A burrito isn't worth a 45-minute T ride'

adamg — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:13:18 +0000

Not even from El Pelon Taqueria?

Bedlam as beloved Fenway taco place re-opens in Brighton

adamg — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:40:05 +0000

Dave Alpert reports on last night's opening of El Pelon Taqueria on Comm. Ave. near BC:

... I don't think they were quite prepared for the onslaught that was to ensue. I hit the line to order around 6:30, and wasn't able to actually make that order until 6:54. It took about another half hour until I was walking out the door, chicken plato and fried plantains in hand. It also seemed like the Fenway had rented buses to bring people there. And the Fenway alumni association rallied a good crowd as well. I recognized many faces from the old neighborhood, and as everyone reached the front of the line, they congratulated Hoben and said stuff like, "I used to live around the corner on Jersey St." ...

He knows how to quit Anna's Taqueria

adamg — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:07:01 +0000

Mike Mennonno reports he's finally had enough of sneering, snorting, obnoxious taco makers at his local Anna's:

... I've actually seen two of them gang up on a customer -- a Tufts student I think he was -- berating him for calling pico de gallo "salsa", almost bringing the poor kid to tears. They often mutter to one another in Spanish about customers who annoy them. And by the way, amigos: I know what "una puta flaca mala" means.

Can a town have too many tacos?

adamg — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:18:17 +0000

Apparently so. Wicked Local Brookline reports Qdoba has shut its Coolidge Corner outlet.

No taquerias in Dorchester?

adamg — Fri, 22 May 2009 12:09:11 +0000

Apparently not.

The taco project

adamg — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:21:36 +0000

Carolyn Grantham reports on her project to eat every single type of taco sold by La Verdad Taqueria in the Fenway.

Hospital tacos

adamg — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 21:13:22 +0000

Burrito Blog confirms that Anna's Taqueria is opening at Mass. General Hospital.