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Don’t Call It Chile Con Queso: A Story of Cheese Dip and One Man’s Soul

One of the best things about Tacolicious is the great group of investors that we have. It’s like the restaurant’s extended community. It makes things much more interesting and invigorating than if Joe and I were just going this whole thing alone. Mike Harden might be one of our biggest…

The Final Guest Chef Schedule!

We’ve finally wrangled the Thursday Ferry Plaza Farmer’s Market stand guest chef schedule. Here it is. Forward it on to your friends, Google calendar it, Tweet it. Memorize it. By whatever means necessary. The tacos being prepared will be announced each week. Stay tuned. Today! Chef Michael Tusk of Quince:…

Tacolicious’s Guest Chef Series is Back!

In the spring of this year, some of the city’s top chefs, from Delfina’s Craig Stoll to Betelnut’s Alex Ong, took over the Tacolicious Thursday market stand for a day and cooked up some outstanding tacos. (The octopus and potato taco from former Fish & Farm chef Chad Newton might…

Arta: The Tequila of the Month

San Francisco’s become quite a little hotbed for tequila producers, including Partida, Trés Agaves, Cabo Wabo (read an amusing interview I did long ago with rocker Sammy “I-Wanna-Make-Love-in-the-Sea” Hagar here) and La Piñata. I’m not sure it’s going to replace wine as the thing to make when you come into…

Crack: Crispy, Juicy and Addictive?

Joe recently admitted to me that on his trips up to his hometown of Modesto he often pulls off 580 for some crack. Well, let me rephrase that: For some “crack tacos.” This has become how he refers to his guilty pleasure, otherwise known as Jack in the Box tacos. They’re…