CUZ I HAVE TO...when living your dream is the only option - with JULIE SLATER and JASON FRIDAY.

154 - VICTOR VILLA FROM VILLA'S TACOS (LA)...FROM A POP-UP TACO STAND IN HIS GRANDMOTHER'S YARD TO TAKING OVER THE TACO UNIVERSE IN LA AND BEYOND


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Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday chat with (and share some tacos and beer with) Victor Villa of Villa's tacos in Los Angeles who went from a pop-up stand in his grandmother's yard to two store fronts and taking over the taco universe...Victor tells us about how a restaurant gets a “big Vermont” with Michelin…his lifelong philosophy on serving others and keeping the taste always the same…his family working at the restaurant…the history of his first taco pop-up…from his Grandmother’s front yard to a taco empire…Victor’s dream of the ability to share their great food with people…after the pod he announced a new location at Grand Central Market in Downtown LA…could Dodgers Stadium be next (one day, maybe)…who makes the eight salsas they offer…how one of his salsas made a grown man cry…how Victor wakes up with a smile on his face…his children and his fiancé…how people drive hours to taste Villa’s tacos…how Victor has always looked at the positive in life and with his tacos…how he has always been himself and that’s what he

puts into his tacos…the family environment at Villa’s…people love the family atmosphere and the feeling of belonging somewhere…how restaurants and the people can become such an important part of your life…the power of food and the power of memories…Find Villa's Tacos here  and in Highland Park and soon Grand Central Market, downtown LA.
 
IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE: find out what tacos Victor would eat, if he had to - either Taco Bell, Del Taco, or tacos from Jack in the Box…his favorite Dodger player, living or dead…Fav spot in LA to chill out…what other city he’d like to live in…and what he hopes to pass down to his family/kids/the next generation…
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CUZ I HAVE TO...when living your dream is the only option - with JULIE SLATER and JASON FRIDAY.By Julie Slater and Jason Friday

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