Urban Taco’s McKinney Avenue location in Uptown will be closing on Saturday, March 31 following dinner service to make way for Velvet Taco.
Creator and Partner of Urban Taco, Markus Pineyro explains they have outgrown the location and chose to not renew the lease after 9 years. The partners feel a different concept such as Velvet Taco is a better fit for the neighborhood at this stage. Continue reading
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Urban Taco, a modern Mexican restaurant by Del Sur Restaurant Group will officially open its new and larger location tomorrow Wednesday, October 18 within Mockingbird Station in suite 105.
The new spot (on the far northeast corner inside the complex and adjacent to the main theater entrance) allows for more interior space, an updated look and large patio. Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle
2017 has shown its share of disasters and Urban Taco in Uptown wishes to help out in a way they only could imagine: with tacos. Urban Taco will be selling their tacos for $4 on October 4th to celebrate National Taco Day. In conjunction with this promotion (for each taco sold) $2 of the proceeds will be donated to Fundacion Carlos Slim in Mexico, to assist in earthquake disaster relief.
Co-owner Markus Pineyro will be visiting a branch of the Fundacion
in Mexico, and will also be matching 5 pesos for every peso donated.
Urban Taco – 3411 McKinney Avenue location ALL DAY/NIGHT during regular business hours on Oct 4th.
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Urban Taco, a modern Mexican restaurant by Del Sur Restaurant Group with two locations in Dallas, is taking an opportunity to move into a larger space close to its current one in the Mockingbird Station mixed-use development.
After a successful 10-years, the current lease expires at the end of this month. The Mockingbird Station location will temporarily close Thursday, August 31 only to re-open in a new and larger space by mid-September (exact date TBD). The new address will also allow for a large patio. Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle
Urban Taco loves to make tamales and as we previously reported they have a new version for the twelve days of Christmas.
This special menu of daily changing seasonal hand-made tamales is available December 13-24, 2012. Guests can order the daily selection during lunch or dinner as a tamale trio plate with black beans and roasted corn con crema for $9.75. In addition to enjoying the tamales at the restaurant, place an order for any variety of tamale to go with 24-hours’ notice, with a minimum order of one dozen for $24. Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle
You know each year we love on the almighty tamale and 2012 will certainly be no different. Please be sure to send us your favorites so we might taste and report on all of the very best tamales this year.
The first strike this tamale season is from Urban Taco who each year makes a delicious new tamale daily leading up to Christmas in what they call the Twelve Days of Tamales. We have the list of the dozen they have scheduled for this year and think you will agree it may very well be worth a daily visit. Continue reading
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