How an East Austin food truck became the go-to taco joint for the city’s Muslim community

For Austinite Imad Ahmed it was never really about tacos, it was about having a place where everybody knows your name.

“Growing up I used to watch Cheers,” Ahmed told host Mando Rayo on the latest episode of the Tacos of Texas podcast. “There was a bar where everyone knows your name. They’re part of your community and they know your regular order or whatnot always really appealed to me, and I never had it.”

Then Vecinos opened in East Austin…

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