View Full Version : Taco Star in Thornton and Commerce City front for El Chapo
According to this article, the Taco Star in Thornton and Commerce City helped launder money for El Chapo. If it's the Taco Star off 84th, I've eaten there many times.
http://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/breakingnews/ci_32486221/two-denver-area-mexican-restaurants-tied-drug-lord
You have to serve up a lot of tacos to launder that kind of money.
SideShow Bob
03-01-2019, 22:46
You have to serve up a lot of tacos to launder that kind of money.
The one in Commerce City is a hopping business... always crowded.
The one in Commerce City is a hopping business... always crowded.
The one in Longmont is always dead but has stayed open for years.... we all weondered.
The one in Thornton, and I think Northglenn are always busy. Even more busy when everywhere else is closed.
OtterbatHellcat
03-01-2019, 23:15
I want a taco.
No, I mean a crunchy shell with all the good stuff in it....with lots of sour cream and plenty of hot sauce.
OtterbatHellcat
03-01-2019, 23:17
I heard there's a super bad ass 24 hour taco hut somewhere on the east side of Wads between 38th and 44th. I cannot remember the name of it at this particular time.
Great-Kazoo
03-01-2019, 23:21
But how is the food. FWIW: i'm sure there's more than 1 or 2 business that launder money. For cartels, weed, asian gangs, etc
24-hour taco places generally taste the same, and generally good.
KevDen2005
03-01-2019, 23:54
The one in Thornton, and I think Northglenn are always busy. Even more busy when everywhere else is closed.
At 1 AM i 'm thinking, how bad is the drug trade, really? I'll take a combo.
Nothing tacos can't fix....
If you've ever had their carnitas, which is ONLY carnitas, pico, and guac, the fake amounts of meat start to make sense.
OtterbatHellcat
03-02-2019, 00:21
Nothing tacos can't fix....
Win.
There was a store on Pearl Street in Boulder that sold nothing but clocks.. shitty clocks. I never saw anyone in there.. they just closed a year or so ago after 15 years or so. I always suspected it was a laundering operation of some sort, or a trust funder.
I want a taco.
No, I mean a crunchy shell with all the good stuff in it....with lots of sour cream and plenty of hot sauce.
Anything open besides Tacobell at North Thornton? :D
BPTactical
03-02-2019, 07:28
Burrito and 8 ball to go?
There was a store on Pearl Street in Boulder that sold nothing but clocks.. shitty clocks. I never saw anyone in there.. they just closed a year or so ago after 15 years or so. I always suspected it was a laundering operation of some sort, or a trust funder.
A lot of things like that survive because they own the commercial real estate outright and they have such low operating costs (e.g. not paying themselves dirt) that they can continue on with their hobby business until they themselves turn into dust. The only operating cost literally becomes utilities (and property tax), and keeping the lights on isn't that hard to clear for even the most niche business. ($200/month, at most).
I heard there's a super bad ass 24 hour taco hut somewhere on the east side of Wads between 38th and 44th. I cannot remember the name of it at this particular time.
Originally a Jack in the Box, then a TCBY, before it was a taco stand...
OtterbatHellcat
03-02-2019, 09:44
Maybe I can try it out this weekend. I know it's burritos from Lafonda tonight though.
SideShow Bob
03-02-2019, 10:05
Originally a Jack in the Box, then a TCBY, before it was a taco stand...
Ralibertos mexican food.... Wadsworth & 41st. Ave.
Pretty good hand held breakfast burritos for those on the go.
Gazette article (https://gazette.com/news/colorado-springs-mexican-restaurants-accused-in-money-laundering-scheme-with/article_be600eba-3b9c-11e9-b2fa-cf924b9b89ad.html)
So as long as we're talking mexican restaurants and money laundering, in the 'springs my favorite mexican dive was named (among others): Albertaco on Austin Bluffs less than a mile East of Academy at Barnes.
Might explain the sudden closure and 'renovation' it went through about a month or so ago.
Try the Polo Asado Burrito. A meal unto itself at ~$6.25 after tax. Be sure to hose it down with both the red and green sauce.
O2
At 1 AM i 'm thinking, how bad is the drug trade, really? I'll take a combo.
Said with a full mouth "money laundering is better than sex trafficking..."
There was a store on Pearl Street in Boulder that sold nothing but clocks.. shitty clocks. I never saw anyone in there.. they just closed a year or so ago after 15 years or so. I always suspected it was a laundering operation of some sort, or a trust funder.
The Swiss Chalet. Went in there a couple of times. Way overpriced "vintage" watches.
Now I want tacos.
electronman1729
03-02-2019, 10:23
The one in Commerce City is a hopping business... always crowded.
Was a staple in the middle of the night while working late.
OtterbatHellcat
03-02-2019, 10:25
All of us at work really miss the Silver Fox that was Stapleton North just west of Holly. The Mexican food there was awesome.
Another place we miss was called Mutdears off 35th and the Park Hill golf course....real shit hole, but it was good AND a good value. Fieldhouse burger with extra cheese and fries was $3.75. The establishment, as I heard it, was once one of the first McDonalds in the state. Being light skinned though, you would get some dirty looks until the staff welcomed you in front of other patrons, as a regular.
electronman1729
03-02-2019, 10:25
I heard there's a super bad ass 24 hour taco hut somewhere on the east side of Wads between 38th and 44th. I cannot remember the name of it at this particular time.
Never mind
OtterbatHellcat
03-02-2019, 10:34
Say what..... What just happened there?
KevDen2005
03-02-2019, 11:12
Said with a full mouth "money laundering is better than sex trafficking..."
Way to make me feel bad....
Breaking Bad starting to look more like a documentary.
Way to make me feel bad....
Why, I'm serious.
Burrito and 8 ball to go?
Now THAT'S funny!
DavieD55
03-04-2019, 05:59
Burrito and 8 ball to go?
Would you like a Coke with that...
Great-Kazoo
03-04-2019, 07:46
Would you like a Coke with that...
Or perhaps my seessters friend wink, wink.
BladesNBarrels
03-04-2019, 16:50
Or perhaps my seessters friend wink, wink.
Honest Joe, she's a virgin!
According to this article, the Taco Star in Thornton and Commerce City helped launder money for El Chapo. If it's the Taco Star off 84th, I've eaten there many times.
http://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/breakingnews/ci_32486221/two-denver-area-mexican-restaurants-tied-drug-lord
I guess that explains why so may people were "addicted" to Taco Star [ROFL1]
I guess that explains why so may people were "addicted" to Taco Star [ROFL1]
Ouch...[facepalm]
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