EL TESORO WEST END
OUR NEWEST TREASURE
El TESORO means “the treasure” in Spanish. We’re partnering up with Wild Heaven beer to bring our treasure to the West End. We hope you enjoy! When we started Tesoro in Edgewood 5 years ago we wanted to offer good quality food at reasonable prices Since then, our little taqueria has grown from a 14 seat, counter service spot, to two locations boasting great food, and plenty of opportunity to getaway and enjoy tacos and great beverages.
We hope people will take time to visit El TESORO often and experience our evolution.
Thank you for the neighborhood support. We couldn’t do it without you.
¡gracias y provecho!
LA COMIDA
DE MEXICO
El TESORO is our best effort to produce traditional taqueria food from many regions of Mexico. Our small kitchen is staffed with many hands working daily to chop, sear, roast and stew delicious into every generational recipe we honor. Our menu offerings range from the 'classic items' everyone knows to regional and a few items rarely seen.
Delicious coffee and espresso based drinks are also a focus for EL TESORO. Crafted with fresh roasted beans from our partners at Counter Culture and professional baristas, our menu includes espresso based drinks and drip coffee. We also offer Mexican hot chocolate, Cafe’ Olla, horchata iced latte, aqua frescas and other house made specialty drinks.
We hope you will explore the many flavors of Mexico with us, for years to come. Buen Provecho!
THE STAFF
Fernando Gama
CHEF de CUISINE
Fernando operates the West End kitchen in the style of our original, with a few twists of his own. T2, as we know it, delivers all the favorites you know, as well as, specials from Fernando’s own family of recipes from Mexico. Years spent in various kitchens gives Fernando the ability to create a wide range of dishes for our Catering arm of Tesoro.
Rene
KITCHEN MGR.
Rene & Fernando have worked together before and now they bring their dedicated teamwork to Tesoro. Rene’s experience, hard work and bright smile can be found everywhere in the kitchen. Both leading the team and working firsthand on dishes for our customers is his passion and pleasure.
Alan Raines
OWNER
Concept director, fire builder, plumber. Raines is a long time industry guy, enthusiast & Atlanta restauranteur, working to bring generations of regional, family style Mexican food he has grown to love to Edgewood. Raised in a tri-ethnic home kitchen, he has worked in, and/or opened and cooked in Italian, French, Mexican, Carribean & American restaurants. Alan’s food influences are, “every possible food stall” visited from Buford Hwy to Oaxaca over the last 25 years, with a touch of Austin on the patio.
