Detroit Loves Tacos 2 in Taylor went from the brink of shutting down to packed crowds every night. Owner Alexander Quinones posted a 30-second TikTok that got major traction on the Internet. Just two weeks earlier, the 19-year-old Taylor High School graduate was preparing to lock the doors for good.
Quinones launched the taco shop last November. He scraped together $5,000 from what he’d saved and graduation gifts. His mother, Julie Stevens, chipped in too. But customers didn’t show up. The shop barely made enough to pay for ingredients and one worker.
“We had a difficult discussion that day. We’re gonna have to close if something doesn’t give,” Stevens told WXYZ…