Texas-based Torchy’s Tacos, which made its Arizona debut in Phoenix in June, opens its third local location at 10 a.m. today in Queen Creek Marketplace on the southwest corner of Ellsworth Loop and Riggs.
Menu highlights: 14 creative specialty tacos and nine types of margaritas. The signature menu item, however, is the chile con queso packed with green chiles and topped with guacamole.
Free T-shirts: The first 100 guests in line at 10 a.m. will get a Torchy’s Restaurant Opening T-Shirt, which will get them free green chile queso for a year each time they wear it to that location.
The chain: Torchy’s began as an Austin, Texas, food trailer in 2006. It now has more than 100 locations in 12 states.
⏰ Open: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday.
📌 Details: 21386 S. Ellsworth Loop Road, Queen Creek (map), 480-500-8522, torchystacos.com.
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