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Santo Taco

March 27, 20192 min readAdd comment

Holy tacos in SLC! Husband-wife team, Alfonso and Claudia serve them up con amor. New kid on the block, @santotacos, has a bit of everything a classic taquería might have. Little bit of street with the carne asada and al pastor. Little bit of guisados with the mole and the cochinita pibil. Our @henryammar fan club and post-concert crew was really into the fish tacos and delicious mulita al pastor. Perfect refueling after the killer concert dance off. And just plan on meeting new #tacobffs that give you great recs in Yuma and beyond. Late night tacos in SLC finally got an upgrade. Bless you @santotacos!

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