Wild Taco slated to open May 2 in place of Tacos Tequila Whiskey

Rico Aragon initial acquired his begin in the Denver foods scene with exotic meats like camel and kangaroo.

Now, he’s organizing a new cafe in Cap Hill where the food items is common but the beverages are unique.

The 43-yr-outdated native of Chihuahua, Mexico is making ready to open up Wild Taco at 215 E. 7th Ave., in which Tacos Tequila Whiskey and a linked spinoff operated from 2018 until eventually late February this calendar year.

“Mexican fare is my heritage and a thing I have usually needed to do — but with a little little bit of wild in its core,” Aragon stated.

Aragon took about Tacos Tequila Whiskey’s 10-calendar year lease. He designs to open Wild Taco on Could 2 with his sister Flor, who has been performing with him for the earlier 6 years, and former coworker Yoon Terry, a South Korean native who has labored for nearby restaurateurs like Frank Bonnano and Troy Guard.

Wild Taco will provide classic tacos, like al pastor, birria and skirt steak. But Aragon is bringing his creativeness to the cocktail menu, which will involve a carrot margarita and a beet tequila cocktail. Yoon also strategies to increase some Asian fusion with dishes like a vegetarian kimchi rice bowl.

The restaurant’s 1,500-square-foot house opens up to a 60-seat outside patio. There will be a mural by regional artist A. Michel Velazquez.

Aragon claimed he loves the actuality that the avenue has been shut to automobiles for months as a outcome of the pandemic, with tables, chairs and tents set up for restaurants along it.

“I assume men and women, myself provided, are prepared to embrace an unrestricted summer for eating in,” Aragon stated.

Axio Business Serious Estate broker David Schneider represented Tacos Tequila Whiskey in the offer, and Brian Frank with Axio represented Aragon.

Aragon begun Barbed Wire Reef as a food stuff stand in 2011 and opened a food stuff truck the up coming year. He now owns two meals trucks, a restaurant at 4499 W. 38th Ave. in Berkeley that he opened in 2019, and a foodstuff stall in Edgewater Community Market.

He also opened a sister eatery with a Mexican twist named Carnivore Taqueria, which has a foodstuff truck and a stall inside Edgewater Community Marketplace as well.

In the subsequent two decades, Aragon hopes to open two or three additional Wild Taco destinations, as nicely as a meals truck, and he mentioned he’s generally wanting for the proper prospect for a new Barbed Wire Reef place.

“Because this is our 1st Wild Taco location, we are putting our heart and soul into this,” Aragon mentioned. “We want this to be exactly where wild conclusions are manufactured and wherever men and women can go wild for a when.”

This tale was documented by our husband or wife BusinessDen.

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