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 \u201cTaco Tuesday\u201d taco or meet up with a friends after a long day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Similar to the university, El Tapa- tio is undergoing several changes. El Tapatio, commonly known as El Tap, among students is experiencing reno- vations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI actually didn\u2019t know it was closed until the first day of school, it was funny because one of my friends the night before was like \u2018Hey you want to go to Taps?\u2019 but I couldn\u2019t and when I passed through there the next day I saw it was closed so we couldn\u2019t go even if I wanted to… I like El Tap be- cause it\u2019s close, and the fraternity I\u2019m in likes to go hang out there, we go chill ,have tacos,\u201d Cecilia Torres, music education major, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Students are anxious to see how the new El Tap looks, and are anticipating a grand opening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe 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 \u2018I need you to open. We love your tacos,\u2019 es- pecially the students since we are one of the closest restaurants on campus\u201d 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI think the renovations are going to be better, and open up the area more, making the customers feel less crowd- ed,\u201d Rebecca Salinas, kinesiology ma- jor, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although El Tap will open its doors Wednesday, Jan. 29, the grand opening will be occurring Friday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the grand opening students can expect specials, giveaways, and entertainment by the Javelina maria- chi. Throughout the years El Tap has become a \u201cgo-to\u201d place for Javelina Nation, and soon students will be able to once again enjoy their El Tap tacos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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