The Cruz family opened Taqueria Los Gorditos as a food truck in 2006, at the corner of 50th & Division in Southeast Portland.

 

The food truck’s popularity quickly spread among meat-eaters, vegans, and vegetarians alike, and eventually earned a cult-like following among the vegan community, due to the awesomeness of Chad and Emiko from Food Fight Grocery!

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The truck actually began as an idea by Alicia (pictured below in pink, between her parents) as a high school class assignment.

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Since 2006, the family has expanded to five brick-and-mortar locations, including a restaurant in the ground floor level of an apartment complex at SE 50th & Division, which replaced the parking lot where the original food truck was started.