El Taco Tote Real Mexican Grill is an originally Mexico-based, United States
fast-food
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restaurant chain
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specializing in real
Mexican cuisine.
Currently headquartered in
El Paso, Texas
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,
the first location was created in
Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua in 1988. The company has locations in the US states of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Coahuila. There are concentrations in El Paso and Cd. Juarez. The chain currently operates 23 restaurants; including recent additions in Tucson, Arizona and San Antonio, Texas.
Their main dishes include
tacos
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,
quesadillas
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and many specialty
salsas
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.
History
El Taco Tote was founded in 1988 by the Pacifico Heras family in Juarez, Mexico.
The first store located in the U.S. opened in 1994 in El Paso and the company incorporated that same year.
El Taco Tote Franchise Systems operates a chain of more than a dozen quick-service Mexican restaurants in Texas and the Southwest where customers prepare their own tacos.
In addition to its U.S. locations, El Taco Tote has eight locations in Mexico.
References
External links
El Taco Tote website
Regional restaurant chains in the United States
Mexican companies established in 1988
American companies established in 1994
1994 establishments in Texas
Fast-food Mexican restaurants
Fast casual restaurants
Restaurant chains in Mexico
1988 establishments in Mexico
Restaurants in El Paso, Texas
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