Name: Taco Mafia
Uploaded: 2026-09-10T20:35:08.000Z
Description: Follow these Austin taqueros as they support each other's businesses and their community.

Follow these Austin taqueros as they support each other's businesses and their community.

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Meet the members of the Taco Mafia as they introduce their parents, discuss their childhood experiences as children of immigrants and explore the paths that led them to becoming celebrated small business owners and local heroes in Austin.

Familia

Edgar and Sara work a night shift and recount how they fell in love; Beto discusses balancing business ownership and co-parenting; Anthony and Xose explain the history of the discada recipe and recount how they became friends.

Amor

Edgar and Sara fly to Oaxaca and visit a corn farm in San Martin Tilcajete; Beto and his General Manager drive to San Antonio to tour their tortilla purveyors tortilla factory; Anthony and Xose have lunch at The Olive Oil Greek Restaurant.

Tradicion

Edgar and Sara explore Mercado Benito Juarez in Oaxaca City and tell their engagement story; Beto catches up with friends and neighbors at La Santa Barbacha and Ensenada ATX; Xose and Anthony serve discada tacos at a charity event.

Inspiracion

Anthony and Xose host a pop-up at Discada; Edgar and Sara invite their friends to Xochimilco to celebrate their wedding; Beto reflects on his personal and family health issues while reconnecting with his roots in Mexico City.

Supervivencia

Beto visits the taqueria that was his biggest source of inspiration for Cuantos Tacos; Xose and Anthony recount a nearly fatal car wreck at Discada; Edgar and Sara plant a community garden and visit their friend at Side Eye Pie.

Sacrificio

Sara introduces three women she has supported over the years; Edgar and Sara visit their friends at Birdies and reflect on gentrification in East Austin; Beto and his dad pick up a new trailer; Xose and Anthony host an anniversary party.

Comunidad

The Taco Mafia look back on the power outage caused by Winter Storm Uri and discuss the support they have received from the hospitality industry and the Austin community. U.S. Representative Greg Casar visits the Discada trailer.

Taco Mafia

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