With a tally of six restaurants—five in Austin and one in Dallas—the original Tacodeli, 1500 Spyglass Drive, Austin, is receiving extra attention from co-owners Roberto Espinosa and Eric Wilkerson.
“It’s almost like a new store,” Espinosa said of the three-month project that forced the brick-and-mortar site to close and instead serve patrons from a food truck in its parking lot.
When it reopens in mid- to late-July, the restaurant will be 1,700 square feet, almost double the size of its current 950 square feet, he said. Indoor seating will accommodate 25-30 patrons, he said. The restaurant’s kitchen is being rebuilt as well as its food preparation areas, he said.
“This location is basically my little baby,” Espinosa said of the West Austin site. “It’s really the granddad, or patriarch, of all of the Tacodelis.”
Tacodeli, only open for breakfast and lunch, serves a variety of meat, fish, chicken and vegetarian tacos.
The Dallas location opened in November and Espinosa said the business has plans to renovate existing locations and expand. The company is adding a second store in Dallas by 2017, one location in Houston and possibly a downtown Austin site.
“We are in a bit of a growth mode,” Espinosa said.