After a very short relocation period, Taquiza is back, and this time the taquería is in the same building where it makes its actual tortillas. Less than three weeks after its final day on Ocean Terrace, Steve Santana’s 12-year-old, Michelin Guide-recommended taco spot reopened last week at 8246 NE Second Ave. in Little River.
The new counter-service spot sits inside the commissary and tortilla factory that has supplied Taquiza’s restaurants and wholesale clients for more than three years.
Yellow tacos, blue chips
The biggest change on the menu is the tortilla itself. Taquiza has long served its tacos on blue corn. In Little River, they switched to stone-ground yellow corn, while the forever popular totopos remain heirloom blue. Tacos now come in pairs with a choice of two or three house salsas, think salsa taquero, salsa cremosa, and chile de árbol.
The carnitas taco features slow-braised pork, orange, and cinnamon, while the crispy fish uses masa-fried cod, cabbage, and salsa tatemada. The rajas taco comes with charred poblano peppers, onions, mushrooms, and cilantro-jalapeño crema…