Muchacho opened its third location, taking over a historic house at 129 Church Street in Decatur, and giving the neighborhood a new spot for coffee, tacos, and margaritas, with free parking.
The restaurant resides in a 1940 Craftsman bungalow, formerly Kevin Gillespie’s Revival. Rather than gut the house, the team leaned into its residential bones. Original wood floors sit alongside vintage rugs and light fixtures. Ordering is counter service, which keeps the mood casual. Like the Muchacho locations in Reynoldstown and the Westside, the look draws on beachside surf shacks.
“We wanted enough similarity that it feels familiar while still fitting naturally into the neighborhood,” says founder Michael Lennox, who lives nearby. In addition to Muchacho, Lennox owns and operates Tiger Sun, Ranger Station, The Electric Room, and two Ladybird Grove & Mess Hall locations, including one that opened last month on the Westside…