He opened a proper five-table storefront in Archer Heights in October 2007 and later added this Uptown location; his son, chef Jonathan Zaragoza, has cooked birria since he was nine and took over day-to-day after returning to the family business in 2017.
The oven-roasted birria tatemada, built on a recipe passed down through generations, was featured on Netflix's Taco Chronicles.
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