Sneak Peek: Taco Circus
Quick-service Mexican restaurant Taco Circus is opening doors at 4258 Schiller Place in Bevo Mill Friday, Feb. 27. As Sauce reported in November, the restaurant is a venture by longtime friends and taco lovers, Mikey Carrasco and Christian Ethridge. Although the entire menu is available all day (Taco Circus will be open daily from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.), the morning crowd might prefer to fill up on breakfast tacos filled with farm eggs, potatoes or house-made chorizo, saving the ground beef, chicken, pork steak and other fillings for lunch and dinner. Diners choose between soft flour, soft corn or a fried corn tortilla and toppings of either cilantro and onion or lettuce and tomato. Other additions, such as cheese and sour cream, are extra. Sides like beans, rice, chips and salsa are offered a la carte. While tacos are the main event, other offerings include a Frito pie, a taco salad and funnel cake dusted with cinnamon sugar and drizzled with lemon-butter icing. No item is priced higher than $2.25, even though the meat is sourced from respected Missouri farms such as Rain Crow Ranch and Root + Holler. “We want (customers) to compare us to Taco Bell as far as price goes,” said Carrasco. Service will also be as fast-casual as Taco Bell. Considering that the brightly painted 700-square-foot space only has 14 seats, Carrasco and Ethridge expect to do more carryout that dine-in business. Here’s what to expect when Taco Circus unlocks its front door on Feb. 27: [gallery type="slideshow" ids="39939,39942,39944,39938,39940,39943,39941"]-photos by Michelle Volansky
