It is difficult to be a TAMUK stu- dent and never have visited El Tapatio restaurant. With less than a block away from the university, many students run down to El Tap to pick up their usual “Taco Tuesday” taco or meet up with a friends after a long day.
Similar to the university, El Tapa- tio is undergoing several changes. El Tapatio, commonly known as El Tap, among students is experiencing reno- vations.
“I actually didn’t know it was closed until the first day of school, it was funny because one of my friends the night before was like ‘Hey you want to go to Taps?’ but I couldn’t and when I passed through there the next day I saw it was closed so we couldn’t go even if I wanted to… I like El Tap be- cause it’s close, and the fraternity I’m in likes to go hang out there, we go chill ,have tacos,” Cecilia Torres, music education major, said.
Students are anxious to see how the new El Tap looks, and are anticipating a grand opening.
“We have a lot of people that are coming just to look, or they forget that we are closed. We get a lot of feedback from our customers on Facebook, they are reaching out to us saying ‘I need you to open. We love your tacos,’ es- pecially the students since we are one of the closest restaurants on campus” Manager of El Tapatio Mario Conchas said. After breaking down walls, creat- ing a new entrance, adding new tiles El Tap is finally ready to welcome back their customers.
“I think the renovations are going to be better, and open up the area more, making the customers feel less crowd- ed,” Rebecca Salinas, kinesiology ma- jor, said.
Although El Tap will open its doors Wednesday, Jan. 29, the grand opening will be occurring Friday evening.
During the grand opening students can expect specials, giveaways, and entertainment by the Javelina maria- chi. Throughout the years El Tap has become a “go-to” place for Javelina Nation, and soon students will be able to once again enjoy their El Tap tacos.
