Taco Mesita, a new gourmet fast food concept, softly opened its flagship store last month in Old Town Tustin offering tacos, burritos, snacks and more.
The concept is a collaboration with Chef Ivan Calderon of Taco Mesa and Taco Rosa fame and his son and co-founder, Nico, and designer Max Moriyama.
“We questioned why quality dining experiences were reserved for upscale settings,” co-founder Nico Calderon said in a statement.
Things you would be able to find at a traditional taco stand on a street corner will be offered at Taco Mesita — skirt steak, rotisserie chicken or al pastor tacos on house-made corn tortillas. But, you can also get burritos, a margarita or beer and a mole recipe passed down through generations of the Calderon family with a blue corn tamal filled with mushrooms and huitlacoche (corn truffle).
The most expensive item on the menu, a woodfire steak burrito, will cost just $9.50 before tax.
“You’re getting quality over quantity, and you can still feed a family for a fraction of what you’d pay at other restaurants with a menu of this caliber,” Calderon said in a statement. “That’s what makes us proud of what we’ve done and most excited to share with our community that has so generously welcomed us in.”
Previously Alberta’s Mexican Food, the location is a complete revamp of its predecessor. In addition to a drive-through, a landscaped patio and indoor dining area are available. A continuous breezeblock wall curves around the building “as a nod to Mexico’s traditional concrete block landscape,” Moriyama said in a statement.
VISIT: Taco Mesita, 765 El Camino Real, Tustin; www.tacomesita.com. Service hours: 11 a.m.- 9 p.m. daily.
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