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/...tied-drug-lord
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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/...tied-drug-lord
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Duman
The one in Longmont is always dead but has stayed open for years.... we all weondered.Quote:
Originally Posted by SideShow Bob
The one in Thornton, and I think Northglenn are always busy. Even more busy when everywhere else is closed.
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.
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.
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.
At 1 AM i 'm thinking, how bad is the drug trade, really? I'll take a combo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
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.
Win.Quote:
Originally Posted by wyome
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.
Anything open besides Tacobell at North Thornton? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by OtterbatHellcat
Burrito and 8 ball to go?
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).Quote:
Originally Posted by def90
Originally a Jack in the Box, then a TCBY, before it was a taco stand...Quote:
Originally Posted by OtterbatHellcat
Maybe I can try it out this weekend. I know it's burritos from Lafonda tonight though.
Ralibertos mexican food.... Wadsworth & 41st. Ave.Quote:
Originally Posted by TFOGGER
Pretty good hand held breakfast burritos for those on the go.
Gazette article
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
Said with a full mouth "money laundering is better than sex trafficking..."Quote:
Originally Posted by KevDen2005
The Swiss Chalet. Went in there a couple of times. Way overpriced "vintage" watches.Quote:
Originally Posted by def90
Now I want tacos.
Was a staple in the middle of the night while working late.Quote:
Originally Posted by SideShow Bob
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.
Never mindQuote:
Originally Posted by OtterbatHellcat
Say what..... What just happened there?
Way to make me feel bad....Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Breaking Bad starting to look more like a documentary.
Why, I'm serious.Quote:
Originally Posted by KevDen2005
Now THAT'S funny!Quote:
Originally Posted by BPTactical
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Originally Posted by BPTactical
Would you like a Coke with that...
Or perhaps my seessters friend wink, wink.Quote:
Originally Posted by DavieD55
Honest Joe, she's a virgin!Quote:
Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo
I guess that explains why so may people were "addicted" to Taco Star [ROFL1]Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Ouch...[facepalm]Quote:
Originally Posted by bczandm