At work there is a Friday morning breakfast mafia of about 30 people. On a rotating schedule two to three people bring breakfast for the entire group on Friday. A couple of days ago I got an email from a member of the mafia asking if I’d like to join. “Sure,” I said.
Well, then on Thursday I got another email welcoming me to the group and showing the new schedule. Guess which Friday was mine? Yep, the very next Friday. Urp!
I decided that what I’d like for breakfast is good breakfast tacos or burritos so that’s what I volunteered to bring. Hrm this would have been easier in Austin; just go to Tamale House. I have no idea where to get good breakfast tacos in Dallas. I don’t want to get fast food crap from Whataburger or Taco Cabana. So I turned to Google.
A search for “richardson tx breakfast tacos” turned up several hits. Close to the top was a blog reviewing a restaurant named Taqueria El Fuego.
Turns out this place is very very close to my house. Perfect! There was a picture of the exterior of the restaurant (hosted on flickr) and on the sign is their phone number. So I called them up.
“Sure we can make you breakfast tacos. We open at 6 a.m.,” I was told.
The next morning I got up extra early. Drove over and picked up the tacos (with a side of chorizo … Mmmmmmmmm). Drove back home to put the garbage out (almost forgot again!). Then drove to work.
I didn’t actually see many people around. But checking on the breakfast table 15 minutes after leaving the tacos there one bag was empty and the other half empty. So I think they were a hit.
Turns out I should have known about this place. G’s friend M told us about it. El Fuego serves authentic Mexican food not Tex-Mex. And she told us we should go for dinner. Well now we are because the tacos were excellent. And it’s just around the corner. Can’t beat that.