El Taco Tote Real Mexican Grill is an originally Mexico-based, United States

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specializing in real Mexican cuisine. Currently headquartered in

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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

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and many specialty

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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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Taco Tote, El