Word on the street
What locals are saying
Bartaco landed on King Street in January 2024 inside a landmark two-story building with 30-foot ceilings and a wrought-iron railing salvaged from a Rainbow Row fence — the room does a lot of the work before a single taco hits the table. The tacos and rice bowls are light and well-seasoned rather than gutsy or ambitious, with the duck, ahi tuna, and seared chorizo drawing the most consistent praise, while some diners note the small corn tortillas struggle to hold together and the portion-to-price ratio can feel thin. The bar is the safe bet: made-to-order margaritas and a focused agave program give the spot a genuine after-work pulse, and the weekday high-tide hour keeps the crowd coming back.
30-foot ceilings, Rainbow Row ironwork — room earns its reputationduck and ahi tuna tacos are the movesmade-to-order margaritas carry the bar programtacos run small and can fall apartchain roots mostly forgiven given the executionstrong lunch and happy-hour play, dinner a harder sell on value
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