One Night in Tampa: Foodie Roadtrip Edition
One night in Tampa
New Restaurant Opens in Tampa
New beginnings and chapters always go over better with good food, but what about when the new beginning is food?
Chef Rene Valenzuela knows a little bit about starting a successful restaurant.
He founded the original Tampa Taco Bus restaurant, which he brought to local fame until he sold it in 2015.
While he was starting over, a flash fire left him with severe injuries and a long rehab journey.
For Taco Bus founder Rene Valenzuela
TAMPA — Last week, I caught up with Rene Valenzuela. He sounded pretty busy.
It was May 4 and I had somehow blanked that the next day was Cinco de Mayo — the busiest day of the year for those in the taco game.
But while the chef and owner of Rene’s Mexican Kitchen had more important things to do than talk to me, he was happy to stay on the phone chatting for close to an hour about his business.
Tacos are, after all, kind of his thing.
