Dec 15, 2025 | 3:57 pm
After decades in Mexico — 50 years, according to a press release — a family-owned taco joint has opened a new Austin location. Taco N Maíz opened in early November at 603 Sabine St., a building tucked behind Sixth Street that used to house the popular taquería Vaquero Taquero.
Taco N Maíz promises authentic and flavorful tacos, made with longtime family recipes and ingredients that are sourced daily. The space is designed to feel like a Mexico City taquería that stays open late, using bright colors and a loud atmosphere to keep up with the surrounding nightlife until 4 am every day.
This eatery can probably expect lots of customers from the nightclub Mala Vida, which is right next door and is slightly isolated from the especially busy pocket of Sixth Street a couple of blocks west…