Guac Daddy, New Taqueria From Tu Madre Owner, Opens In Los Feliz

LOS ANGELES, CA — Guac Daddy, a new taqueria from a team that includes the owner of Tu Madre, is celebrating its grand opening in Los Feliz this weekend.

Guac Daddy's owners describe it as a Mexico City-inspired restaurant that serves a menu of mesquite-grilled meats in tacos, burritos, vampiros and quesadillas.

Meats include classics like carne asada, pollo asado, pollo al pastor, birria and unique offerings like pollo tomatillo and Koreano — char-grilled bulgogi beef.

Vegetarian options include champinones, frijoles y queso and calabacitas.

The menu also includes a range of house-made guacamoles (house, spicy with serrano and jalapeño, Kale-ifornia Guac made with kale, and Super-Seed Guac made with hemp and chia seeds and pepitas), salsas (tomatillo, salsa raja, salsa macha, avocado serrano salsa, and vegan chipotle aioli) and aguas frescas (strawberry guava lemonade, hibiscus rose, horchata and strawberry horchata).

Located next to the Los Feliz Theatre at 1824 N. Vermont Ave., Guac Daddy takes over the storefront vacated by Tu Madre, which moved a few blocks away on Hillhurst Avenue.

The restaurant is a venture from Joshua Pourgol, the owner and operator of Tu Madre and Bardonna; restaurant operator Jude Eranimus of Tacos El Superior; Chef Jose Salinas, previously of C&O Cucina Restaurant; and Paul Tran, previously one of the largest franchisees of The Halal Guys.

Guac Daddy will celebrate its grad opening this weekend with a free-taco giveaway for the first 100 guests on Saturday and $1 tacos all weekend long. The restaurant will be open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.