Crack Taco Shop Gets Lease In Wider Remake Of Seaport Village

SAN DIEGO, CA — The Port of San Diego has awarded a 10-year lease to a locally owned taco restaurant as part of its effort to revitalize Seaport Village, a port spokesperson said Wednesday.

Crack Taco Shop received a lease Aug. 10 to start construction in the spring and open in mid-2022, the port said in a news release. It will receive a $185,000 tenant improvement allowance in the coming budget year.

The restaurant — known for burgundy pepper tri-tips that it calls "Cardiff Crack" — will help the port in its effort to revitalize Seaport Village as a dining, entertainment and retail center.

Since the port took over ownership and operation of the waterfront complex in 2018, it has signed 18 new tenants and approved about $7.8 million in investment spending.

“We welcome Crack Taco Shop to Seaport Village as another local success story that is expanding its portfolio to our San Diego Bay waterfront,” Michael Zucchet, chairman of the Port of San Diego Board of Port Commissioners, said in the news release.

Crack Taco Shop makes Mexican tacos with homemade corn tortillas and burritos with its "Cardiff Crack." It will offer outdoor dining along the promenade in the 41-year-old village’s Lighthouse District, the port news release said.

Seaport Village opened in 1980 and covers 14 acres on a site built to resemble a harbor setting of a century ago. It has 54 shops and 17 eateries, according to the village's official website.