Tight Tacos is a small chain ofMexican restaurants based inPortland, Oregon, United States. Established in 2016, the business has also operated in Hawaii. Tight Tacos has garnered a positive reception.
Co-owner Mark Cosio launched Tight Tacos with his brother-in-law Reggie Ballesteros in 2016.[9][10] Annamarie Cosio has also been credited as a co-owner.[11]
Tight Tacos has also operated on Division Street in southeast Portland'sRichmond neighborhood,[7] and in Maui and Oahu.[1][17][18][19] The Portland food cart in a southeast Portland parking lot hosted the breakfast burritopop-up Kooks Burritos.[20][21]
Tight Tacos's Hellarito was included in theDaily Hive's 2021 list of the fifteen best eateries in Portland.[22] Michael Russell included the business inThe Oregonian's list of Portland's best new food carts of the past decade.[23] Waz Wu recommended Tight Tacos inEater Portland's 2023 overview of the city's vegan tacos.[7]
In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic,Willamette Week's Matthew Singer included Tight Tacos in a list of twenty "awesome meals for takeout and delivery in Portland right now".[8] The business was a runner-up in the Best Taco category of the newspaper's annual 'Best of Portland' readers' poll in 2022,[24] and ranked second in the Best Catering Service category in the same poll in 2024.[25]
^Russell, Michael (2022-04-28)."Portland's best new food carts of the past decade — where are they now?".The Oregonian. Retrieved2024-10-27.Not only did this popular California-style taco cart open a pair of brick-and-mortar locations, one on Southeast Division Street, the other in The Zipper complex on Northeast Sandy Boulevard, but original owner Reggie Balasteros has also opened a restaurant on Maui, with a second coming to Oahu this year.
^"Food Winners".Willamette Week.Archived from the original on 2022-07-15. Retrieved2024-10-28.
