When you think you’ve seen it all, you walk into a 23rd Street Taqueria and get blown away. Tacos El Rulas’ new space is nothing short of amazing.
It is a monument — a behemoth built inside what feels like a repurposed airplane hangar. It has concrete floors, towering ceilings, huge murals, loud music, a field of tables and chairs, and a stage. We heard the city is negotiating to bring live music to the venue.
It’s surreal. Otherworldly. Like a dream someone had about a taco truck that grew so popular it had to move into an aircraft carrier. And that is kind of what happened.
Tacos El Rulas started as a food truck. It grew a cult following, became a late-night destination, and is now parked outside a space that feels like it was never meant to hold food at all. It doesn’t feel like a restaurant. It feels like a warehouse that started throwing parties and never stopped. Nothing about it is ordinary. The size. The layout. The energy. It is almost too much until it isn’t…