Restaurant
Torchy's Tacos
Fast-casual taco counter serving bold, chef-driven fillings in a former decades-old diner.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Torchy's Tacos on South Congress in Austin traces founder Mike Rypka's path from teenage fry cook to broke food-truck owner in two thousand six, mortgaging his house for a battered trailer on South First Street. It follows how a Vespa, free salsa, and one shouted compliment from customers became the company's name. Then it turns to this exact building, a working kitchen on South Congress for decades before Torchy's moved in.
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