Rancho Bravo Tacos facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Rancho Bravo Tacos |
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Exterior of the Capitol Hill restaurant, 2022
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| Established | 2002 |
| Current owner(s) | Freddy Rivas |
| Food type | Mexican |
| City | Seattle |
| County | King |
| State | Washington |
| Country | United States |
Rancho Bravo Tacos is a small chain of Mexican restaurants in Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington. Owner Freddy Rivas started the business as a food truck in Kent in 2002, before relocating to Wallingford in 2007. The business also has a restaurant Capitol Hill and previously operated in the University District. Serving traditional cuisine such as tacos, nachos, burritos, tamales, and tortas, the business has garnered a generally positive reception as an inexpensive and late night option for diners, with the tacos and burritos receiving the most praise.
Description
Rancho Bravo Tacos is a Latinx-owned taqueria with two locations in Seattle, on Capitol Hill and in the Wallingford neighborhood. The Mexican restaurant has served tacos (including al pastor and beef tongue varieties), nachos, burritos, bowls, tamales, and chorizo tortas. Tacos come with avocado, cilantro, lime salsa, and tomatillo.
The Capitol Hill restaurant, previously occupied by KFC, offers drive-through service. The Wallingford location, housed in a building which previously operated as a Winchell's Donuts shop, has a smaller menu.
History
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Owner Freddy Rivas initially operated the business as a food truck, starting in Kent in 2002. He relocated to Wallingford in 2007. A location opened in the University District (4243 University Way NE) in 2017.
A food truck by breakfast restaurant chain Patty's Eggiest operated in the Walingford location's parking lot as of 2017. An assault on a trans woman at the Capitol Hill location in 2017 prompted the business to change its surveillance policy. A post on social media said, "out of respect for personal privacy we have had a policy of not monitoring the dining area. In light of recent events we will now change that policy." King County health investigators investigated the Capitol Hill restaurant in 2017, after multiple people got sick with gastroenteritis.
The restaurant cooperated with organizers of the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (2020), also known as the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ). In his 2021 book Unmasked: Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy, Andy Ngo wrote, "The security team's operating base was in the open-air eating section of the Rancho Bravo Tacos restaurant, where they had set up a large tent. The business seemingly allowed or tolerated CHAZ security to set up camp there in exchange for peace."
