West Coast Taco Bar out of Elk Grove has slipped into Sacramento with a delivery-only kitchen in the Newton Booth neighborhood, bringing its California-style tacos and burritos within quicker reach of Midtown and downtown. The new outpost is in soft-opening mode with limited evening hours, while the original Elk Grove shop remains the main pickup hub. Owners Cynthia and Ivan Garcia developed their compact menu over years of catering gigs and food-truck pop-ups and say the Sacramento kitchen is designed to move food into the city faster without the cost and footprint of a full dining room. Among the early highlights is the Dirty Diana, a slow-braised birria taco built on a personal family story.
According to The Sacramento Bee, the delivery-only setup operates out of a Newton Booth kitchen and is currently open Tuesdays through Thursdays from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m., and on Fridays until midnight. The Bee reports that the Dirty Diana uses a family birria recipe and was named for Cynthia Garcia’s sister, who died during the COVID-19 pandemic. The outlet also notes that Cynthia Garcia said roughly 60% of their Elk Grove business comes from takeout or delivery, a major reason the couple opted to open a city-side kitchen.
From truck to kitchen
West Coast Taco Bar started as a mobile business, and the owners have kept those roots, still leaning heavily on catering jobs and pop-up events, according to the restaurant’s website. The brand is presented as a streamlined, travel-friendly menu that is intentionally built for pickup and delivery rather than sprawling dine-in service. Online, they spotlight their handcrafted tacos, a modest catering program, and the Elk Grove ordering portal, making it clear the Midtown operation is an offshoot of the original location instead of a second full-service restaurant. That tighter setup keeps the focus on items that hold up well in transit to customers around Sacramento County.
Roots in Elk Grove
A 2022 profile in The Sacramento Bee followed the Garcias’ move from San Diego in 2019, their early food-truck runs outside local breweries, and the eventual opening of their brick-and-mortar at 8791 Elk Grove Blvd. That story also called out menu favorites like the Bitchin’ Cali burrito and walked through Cynthia’s professional culinary training alongside Ivan’s previous service in the U.S. Marine Corps.
How to order
The Newton Booth kitchen appears on major delivery apps as West Coast Taco Bar – Midtown at 1829 22nd St, so Sacramento customers can track it down through delivery platforms and directories such as Postmates. The Elk Grove restaurant is still handling pickup orders through its Toast ordering page. The owners say the Midtown kitchen is meant to give more Sacramento diners access to West Coast Taco Bar without a trip to Elk Grove. For now, the new spot is delivery-only while the team experiments with hours and menu details during the soft-opening phase…