José R. Ralat

Dallas didn’t get taco trucks on every corner in 2016. But it did get a spate of noteworthy taqueria openings representing the taco’s diversity. And just when we think we’ve seen it all — we get Monterreyan specialties like the taco de trompo, spiffy delicate tacos with a vegetable focus,...

Taco Stop owner Emilia Flores once called to notify me that she had been injured in a car wreck. As a result, she would be late setting up for the taco festival I was curating and at which Taco Stop was to be a vendor. Of course, I told her...

I’m passionate about tacos: their history, their culture, their variety, their everything. I’ve explored and written about them from coast to coast, but it's here in Dallas, where I started Taco Trail at the Observer, that tacos continue to thrill me, be it at old favorites or new operations ranging from fast-casual concepts and family-friendly...