{"id":12420,"date":"2015-10-25T00:17:53","date_gmt":"2015-10-25T07:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=12420"},"modified":"2020-11-18T04:48:29","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T12:48:29","slug":"tacos-el-gordo-to-re-open-its-las-vegas-strip-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/tacos-el-gordo-to-re-open-its-las-vegas-strip-location\/","title":{"rendered":"Tacos El Gordo to Re-Open Its Las Vegas Strip Location"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When Tacos El Gordo abruptly shuttered its Las Vegas Strip location in November 2014, there
\nwas a collective freak-out. Now, there’s likely to be another one, because the popular
\nrestaurant is re-opening at its former location in mid-November 2015.<\/p>\n

Overnight, the restaurant is sporting a new sign, and work is being done to restore Tacos
\nEl Gordo to its former glory.<\/p>\n

Tacos El Gordo is back! How do you say \"Pavlovian response\" in Spanish.
Tacos El Gordo is back! How do you say “Pavlovian response” in Spanish?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When Tacos El Gordo closed<\/a>, to the dismay of its legions of fans, the odds of it returning
\nto the same location were somewhere between “remote” and “when Hell freezes over.”<\/p>\n

At the time, we reported on all the behind-the-scenes drama, specifically a long-simmering
\nfeud between the general manager of the Gold Key Shops mall (in the shadow of the Encore
\nhotel, at 3049 Las Vegas Blvd.) and the ownership of Tacos El Gordo.<\/p>\n

Now, clashes have been unclashed, a truce has been called, Hell has frozen over and it’s full steam ahead for the re-opening of this beloved eatery.<\/p>\n

\"Tacos
Tacos El Gordo may seem to translate as “the fat tacos,” but if that were the intention, it would’ve been called “Los Tacos Gordos.” The name most likely means “tacos by El Gordo,” whomever that might actually be.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

News of the re-opening of Tacos El Gordo is good news not only for diners, but also for
\nother businesses in the Gold Key Shops shopping center. Apparently, when Tacos El Gordo
\nclosed, traffic at the mall nose-dived, and surrounding businesses suffered. While some of
\nthe conflicts that caused the restaurant to close revolved around traffic caused by the
\nrestaurant’s popularity, busy equals money, and it’s infinitely better to have problems
\nrelated to drawing too many customers than not enough.<\/p>\n

This time around, Tacos El Gordo is set to deal with the challenge of large crowds and long
\nlines. (No word yet on whether the restaurant will have an outside tent for overflow as
\nit did prior to its closure.) If wait times warrant it, the restaurant will shuttle
\ncustomers, at no cost, to an alternate restaurant location, at 1724 Charleston Blvd.<\/p>\n

\"Tacos
You thought we were kidding? Tacos El Gordo is really, really popular.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tacos El Gordo is a family-owned and run company. The company’s first restaurant opened in 1972 in San Diego, California. The first Las Vegas outpost opened in 2010.<\/p>\n

The Tacos El Gordo menu boasts a dizzying array of options. Warning: Attempting to read the following list of featured items may cause salivation and deep-seated cravings—carne asada, adobada, suadero, cabeza, buche, lengua, tripa, sesos, chorizo, azteca and mulas.<\/p>\n

We have no idea what most of those words even mean, but seriously, let’s get this place open again, inmediatamente. Here’s the official Tacos El Gordo site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thanks to ever-vigilant taqueria fan @LasVegasLocally<\/a> for tipping us off to this news.<\/p>\n

We look forward to welcoming a Las Vegas institution, Tacos El Gordo, back to its Las Vegas Strip location! And by “welcoming,” of course, we mean gorging ourselves until we require an industrial forklift to get back to our car.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Tacos El Gordo abruptly shuttered its Las Vegas Strip location in November 2014, there was a collective freak-out. Now, there’s likely to be another one, because the popular restaurant is re-opening at its former location in mid-November 2015. Overnight, the restaurant is sporting a new sign, and work is being done to restore Tacos […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,5,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vegas","category-lasvegasrestaurants","category-las-vegas-shopping"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTacos El Gordo to Re-Open Its Las Vegas Strip Location<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Legions of Tacos El Gordo enthusiasts are in luck. The popular Mexican restaurant will re-open at its Las Vegas Strip location in November 2015.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tacos El Gordo to Re-Open Its Las Vegas Strip Location\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Legions of Tacos El Gordo enthusiasts are in luck. The popular Mexican restaurant will re-open at its Las Vegas Strip location in November 2015.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/tacos-el-gordo-to-re-open-its-las-vegas-strip-location\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Vital Vegas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VitalLasVegas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-10-25T07:17:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-11-18T12:48:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/tacos_el_gordo_is_back.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Scott Roeben\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@vitalvegas\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@vitalvegas\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Scott Roeben\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Tacos El Gordo to Re-Open Its Las Vegas Strip Location","description":"Legions of Tacos El Gordo enthusiasts are in luck. The popular Mexican restaurant will re-open at its Las Vegas Strip location in November 2015.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Tacos El Gordo to Re-Open Its Las Vegas Strip Location","og_description":"Legions of Tacos El Gordo enthusiasts are in luck. The popular Mexican restaurant will re-open at its Las Vegas Strip location in November 2015.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/tacos-el-gordo-to-re-open-its-las-vegas-strip-location\/","og_site_name":"Vital Vegas","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VitalLasVegas","article_published_time":"2015-10-25T07:17:53+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-11-18T12:48:29+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/tacos_el_gordo_is_back.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Scott Roeben","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@vitalvegas","twitter_site":"@vitalvegas","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Scott Roeben","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/tacos-el-gordo-to-re-open-its-las-vegas-strip-location\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/tacos-el-gordo-to-re-open-its-las-vegas-strip-location\/"},"author":{"name":"Scott Roeben","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/#\/schema\/person\/c4d18a46e6ee47e7841b986c288f333e"},"headline":"Tacos El Gordo to Re-Open Its Las Vegas Strip Location","datePublished":"2015-10-25T07:17:53+00:00","dateModified":"2020-11-18T12:48:29+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/tacos-el-gordo-to-re-open-its-las-vegas-strip-location\/"},"wordCount":547,"commentCount":3,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/tacos-el-gordo-to-re-open-its-las-vegas-strip-location\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/tacos_el_gordo_is_back.jpg","articleSection":["Las Vegas","Las Vegas Restaurants","Las Vegas Shopping"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/tacos-el-gordo-to-re-open-its-las-vegas-strip-location\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/tacos-el-gordo-to-re-open-its-las-vegas-strip-location\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/tacos-el-gordo-to-re-open-its-las-vegas-strip-location\/","name":"Tacos El Gordo to Re-Open Its Las Vegas Strip Location","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/tacos-el-gordo-to-re-open-its-las-vegas-strip-location\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/tacos-el-gordo-to-re-open-its-las-vegas-strip-location\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/tacos_el_gordo_is_back.jpg","datePublished":"2015-10-25T07:17:53+00:00","dateModified":"2020-11-18T12:48:29+00:00","description":"Legions of Tacos El Gordo enthusiasts are in luck. The popular Mexican restaurant will re-open at its Las Vegas Strip location in November 2015.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/tacos-el-gordo-to-re-open-its-las-vegas-strip-location\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/tacos-el-gordo-to-re-open-its-las-vegas-strip-location\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/tacos-el-gordo-to-re-open-its-las-vegas-strip-location\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/tacos_el_gordo_is_back.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/tacos_el_gordo_is_back.jpg","width":800,"height":533,"caption":"si"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/tacos-el-gordo-to-re-open-its-las-vegas-strip-location\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Las Vegas","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/vegas\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Tacos El Gordo to Re-Open Its Las Vegas Strip Location"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/","name":"Vital Vegas","description":"Essential Las Vegas News, Tips, Deals and WTF.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/#organization","name":"Vital Vegas","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/vital_vegas_logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/vital_vegas_logo.jpg","width":800,"height":533,"caption":"Vital Vegas"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VitalLasVegas","https:\/\/x.com\/vitalvegas"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/#\/schema\/person\/c4d18a46e6ee47e7841b986c288f333e","name":"Scott Roeben","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/author-logo-lg-96x96.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/author-logo-lg-96x96.png","caption":"Scott Roeben"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12420\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}