Lucio “Coach” Prado didn’t plan on joining the family business. He grew up in the world of restaurants — washing dishes, cooking on the line and slinging drinks behind the bar — but that wasn’t his dream.
“I have the background because of my father and my family, and that’s where this whole thing started,” said Prado, the owner of the Boise-area Mexican restaurant El Gallo Giro. “I was privileged to have a great life and live in a place where I was able to chase my dreams,” he said. “My dad told me when I graduated from high school, ‘When you bet on yourself, you never lose.’ ”
El Gallo Giro was crowned the winner of the Idaho Statesman’s Treasure Valley Taco Bracket for the second time since 2023 after five rounds of voting…