A new taco restaurant in the Stockyards has burritos, nachos & giant margaritas to go
The new generation of Taco Heads has arrived.
From humble beginnings 11 years ago in a corrugated-metal trailer off Carroll Street, Taco Heads is now an iconic Fort Worth margarita hangout and taco stand with corner locations in the Stockyards and Cultural District.
Every morning, owner Sarah Castillo’s family-legacy breakfast tacos and burritos with bacon, chorizo, steak or chipotle brisket come off the grill at the newest location, 2349 N. Main St. in the Historic Stockyards.
Then, make it a Taco Heads day with one of 11 tacos featuring items such as steak fajita strips, garlic-cilantro shrimp or chimichurri fish.
At some point, it’s time to grab one of the city’s best margaritas — the $8 original ($5 on Mondays) with Camarena silver tequila, or the $24 tall version in a towering to-go margarita glass ready-made for strolling the Stockyards.
Castillo described the Stockyards restaurant and the remodeled and soon-to-reopen Cultural District location, 1812 Montgomery St., as “Taco Heads 2.0.”
“We’ve changed almost everything since the beginning,” from the revised logo to the menu and interior design, she said.
Diners will find expanded offerings including the fajita tacos, nachos, a new fast-casual format and a new gizmo to help your tacos find you.
After you order, you take a GPS device to your table so a server can deliver your tacos whether you’re in the enclosed dining area or on the sprawling patio along Main Street.
“We needed something like this on weekends — it’s so busy,” Castillo said.
The Stockyards crowds have set new records this summer with the opening of the new Hotel Drover and a strip shopping center in Mule Alley, where Castillo is a partner in Sidesaddle Saloon.
“It’s great — there so much here that’s new,” she said, pointing to more proposed developments.
The time to beat the crowd is at lunch or on a weeknight.
With the reopening of the North Main Street bridge, downtown diners are finding the Stockyards an easy lunch drive, she said.
(There’s plenty of street parking at lunch — the valet lanes don’t close until midevening.)
Besides the tacos, there’s Taco Heads’ popular queso. For dessert, try cookies with Blue Bell vanilla ice cream or chocolate paletas made with Abuelita.
Taco Heads is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. It’s across from Lonesome Dove Western Bistro, across Northwest 24th Street from the movie theater; 817-420-6299, tacoheads.com.
This story was originally published August 10, 2021 at 5:45 AM.
