Contra Costa County is asking a judge to shut down a popular but unpermitted taco stand on San Pablo Dam Road after its operators ignored the county’s lawsuit, according to court records.
Even with the lawsuit pending, the stand keeps running. Most nights, a line stretches down the sidewalk. Workers shave al pastor from the trompo and work the grill, while customers gather in the nearby Walgreens parking lot to eat.
The county filed a lawsuit against Tacos El Torito and three people, Erik Diaz-Ignacio, Hugo Martinez, and Filimon Jimenez-Marin, on May 27 in Contra Costa Superior Court. The lawsuit asks the court to officially designate the stand a public nuisance and permanently order its closure until it obtains a health permit…