Big clock restaurant7/5/2023 ![]() Perhaps call it a thoughtful or soulful approach to appropriation, but Black Americans are finding ways to contribute to a variety of culinary traditions and have been making waves in Detroit’s taqueria scene. I want to make sure I’m bringing something fresh and new with our own soul flare.” “I’m African American and soul food is close to my heart, but that type of is kind of saturated. “We say that our tacos are street tacos with soul,” says Taylor Mason. The restaurant opened in April in Little Italy. LA’s influences are seen in menu items like Sweet Poppin’ Potato and Sexy Crispy Shrimp tacos with cilantro, hot sauce, and pickled red cabbage. She would return to Chicago to care for her mother who suffered two aneurysms and carried those culinary experiences back to her home. Taylor Mason traces the origins of her tacos to two influential varieties: Mexican street tacos, grilled meats gilded with salsa, cilantro, and onion in a corn tortilla and “Black tacos,” her term for seasoned, usually ground meat topped with lettuce, tomato, cheese, and sour cream in a flour tortilla - the tacos she grew up eating during her childhood on Chicago’s West Side.Īfter graduating from Whitney Young High School, Taylor Mason earned a degree from Pepperdine University in Los Angeles, while acquainting herself with Southern California’s dynamic street taco scene. Word of Taylor’s Tacos has spread throughout Chicago for years ( the Trib notes Chance the Rapper and Lena Waithe are fans). “I remember being at pop-ups back in the day in weird places, so to be in our own spot with our name on the front is literally a dream come true.” ![]() “It’s been so fantastic, better than I could ever imagine,” says Taylor Mason, who launched the cozy spot in early April, coincidentally at 1512 W. ![]() ![]() The Taylor Street location is a happy coincidence. ![]()
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