Taco Tales: From Heartbreak to T-Shirt Slogans - The Story Behind Our Taco Designs 🌮❤️
Who doesn’t love tacos, and more tacos…
Everyone loves tacos, they are real comfort food! They remind you of great smells and family gatherings with your tios and tias and your Abuela. Tacos are great day or night, with or without friends.
People ask me how I came up with some of our “dichos” on our tee shirts and I tell them “from my loyal customers spanning 30 years of being in Market Square”.
One day, well over 20 years ago, before anyone was doing Mexican slogans on tees, a customer was upset about her boyfriend breaking up with her. She finally said, “It doesn’t matter, I’m going to go eat some Tacos, at least they will never break my heart”. Light bulb idea!
So first it was Tacos before Vatos! Then it was Men come and go, Tacos are forever, and Tacos will never break my heart! They sold like hotcakes so we did some male-friendly designs as well. Through the years we have changed the fonts and wording. Eventually, we converted best sellers into “glitter-bling” for women.
During Fiesta in San Antonio, vendors sell lots of Gorditas so we sold a tee that says “I came to Fiesta for the Gorditas” and after Fiesta we changed it to “I came to San Antonio for the Gorditas”. Everyone sells TexMex or Hispanic themed tees now, but we were the first business in SA to sell them.
If you want to share your fond memories of your favorite tacos, which tacos do love or miss the most from your mom or Abuelita! Leave us a comment or any suggestions you may have for a taco tee shirt that you want to share.
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