Taco Garage Hosts Grand Opening Celebration in Florence on January 28, 2019
FLORENCE — A Murfreesboro-born taco restaurant, Taco Garage is opening its second location in Florence, AL, on January 28. Taco Garage focuses on creating “real tacos for real people that taste real good,” and the restaurant boasts an uncomplicated menu of fresh ingredients served up with house-made flour tortillas, margaritas, and a selection of draft and bottled beer.
Here’s the story of the Story family and their original garage.
Rick Story started out as a commercial builder, and he has been based in Nashville and building restaurants from coast to coast for 30 years. He worked for companies like McDonald’s in restaurant development and construction, and was the director of construction and development for J. Alexander’s before starting Story Construction in 2006.
Rick and his wife, Cindy, became Buffalo Wild Wings (BWW) franchisees in 2011. In addition to the original Taco Garage location, they also currently have four BWW restaurants total, with three in Alabama; including Florence, Alabama; and one in Mississippi.
After running in the restaurant industry for over three decades, Rick and Cindy noticed that most taco restaurants were set on you having your tacos their way. You just couldn’t get what you wanted at a taco spot without having to make substitutions and modifications to the menu items. Plus, the queso at most places was underwhelming, and the proteins all tasted the same. So, they decided to take matters into their own hands.
Like many other restaurateurs of late, Cindy and Rick are adamant that the ingredients used in their food are fresh. However, unlike others, the Story couple is committed to creating something that is casual and unpretentious.
And so, the concept for Taco Garage was born.
Fed up with being fed a bunch of bologna by high-end taco restaurants with long wait times and menus that read like they were in Greek, they embarked on a mission to create an uncomplicated taco joint that served up real tacos for real people that taste real good.
The idea quickly became a hit in Murfreesboro, one of the fastest-growing cities in Tennessee.
The growing suburbs of nearby Florence, AL, attracted Cindy and Rick to build their second location in the Market Square Shopping Center. The community feel, proximity to Huntsville, and growing population make a great environment for Taco Garage’s second location.
Here are the details about the fast-casual taco joint:
Taco Garage ain’t no fancy-schmancy taco spot. When you crave tacos, you want an uncomplicated menu full of quality ingredients that are freshly prepared and served up fast. You’d also like to tell those hipster taco joints to 86 the attitude because tacos just shouldn’t be rocket science.
The Taco Garage experience is casual, yet memorable, and the menu is completely customizable and easy to decipher.
Hungry yet? Don’t wait 45 minutes for tacos topped with ingredients you can’t pronounce. Pull into Taco Garage to fuel your cravings for real good food.
To celebrate the grand opening, Taco Garage is offering one-time-use coupons for a free chicken or beef taco at the Florence location to customers who register online to join their online loyalty program at www.LOVEtheTACO.com/tacotime. Offer is valid January 28 to February 28, 2019.
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