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Santo Taco transports New Yorkers to a Mexico City taquería
The Nolita spot serves five tacos on house-made griddled tortillas, and a reviewer waited forty-five minutes on a Saturday; the window has no chairs.
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At a glance
- First reported by CBS News: “Santo Taco transports New Yorkers to a Mexico City taquería”.
- Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at 3:04 PM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Dale Bearman and Hank Ledger.
- Topics: New Mexico.
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Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSanto Taco is serving Mexico City taquería classics to New Yorkers, and the chain's creator, Santiago Perez, says Mexico City inspired it, CBS News reports.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe menu is five tacos on griddled tortillas, everything is under seven dollars, and one reviewer queued forty-five minutes on a Saturday.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorForty-five minutes. I'll go first. Steak trompo on a vertical rotisserie, prime strip and sirloin. Seven point five.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorNotes of char, and of a man who queued too long.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSix. I haven't tasted it, but the ordering window faces the street, and I don't trust food I can't sit down with.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSix? You've docked a taco for its window.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA window with no chairs. That's a food truck that gave up moving.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorOr somebody's being kind, Hank, and that's worse, because kindness never lasts.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorOnce a taco costs less than a sandwich, the sandwich shops start to worry.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFor lunch I had a granola bar in the car. It was slightly warm.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorI had a cold tea and the end of a bag of crisps. Chat, what was your sad lunch?

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAnd Hank, your granola bar gets an eight.
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