{"id":3468,"date":"2026-06-07T19:44:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T02:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingtaco.com\/king-taco-2-0\/?page_id=3468"},"modified":"2026-06-22T19:03:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T02:03:21","slug":"history-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kingtaco.com\/es\/history-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Historia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fws_6a459d1512389\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap\"><div class=\"row-bg\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding top_margin_phone_40px inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_content_element wpb_raw_html\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size: 11px; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 0.1em; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(56,56,56); text-align: center; margin-bottom: 8px;\">Est. 1974 \u00b7 Los Angeles<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"font-size: 32px; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(56,56,56); text-align: center; margin-bottom: 12px;\">Nuestra historia<\/h1>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_6a459d15126fb\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row full-width-section\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap\"><div class=\"row-bg using-bg-color\"  style=\"background-color: #ffffff; \"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_content_element wpb_raw_html\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<style>\n.kt-timeline {\n    max-width: 950px;\n    margin: 0 auto;\n    padding: 3rem 1.5rem;\n    position: relative;\n}\n.kt-timeline::before {\n    content: '';\n    position: absolute;\n    left: 50%;\n    top: 0;\n    bottom: 0;\n    width: 1px;\n    background: #eee;\n    transform: translateX(-50%);\n}\n.kt-era {\n    position: relative;\n    margin-bottom: 3rem;\n    display: grid;\n    grid-template-columns: 1fr 40px 1fr;\n    gap: 0 1rem;\n    align-items: start;\n}\n.kt-era-dot {\n    display: flex;\n    align-items: center;\n    justify-content: center;\n    padding-top: 6px;\n}\n.kt-era-dot-inner {\n    width: 12px;\n    height: 12px;\n    background: #ec1f26;\n    border-radius: 50%;\n    border: 2px solid #fff;\n    box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px #ec1f26;\n    flex-shrink: 0;\n}\n.kt-era-year {\n    font-size: 48px;\n    font-weight: 500;\n    color: #ec1f26;\n    line-height: 1;\n    margin-bottom: 4px;\n}\n.kt-era-title {\n    font-size: 13px;\n    font-weight: 500;\n    letter-spacing: 0.08em;\n    text-transform: uppercase;\n    color: #999;\n    margin-bottom: 12px;\n}\n.kt-era-text {\n    font-size: 14px;\n    color: #444;\n    line-height: 1.75;\n}\n.kt-era-photo {\n    border-radius: 0px;\n    overflow: hidden;\n    border: 0.0px solid #eee;\n    margin-top: 12px;\n}\n.kt-era-photo img {\n    width: 100%;\n    height: auto;\n    display: block;\n}\n.kt-fun-fact {\n    background: #f9f9f9;\n    border-left: 3px solid #ec1f26;\n    border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0;\n    padding: 12px 14px;\n    margin-top: 14px;\n    font-size: 12px;\n    font-style: italic;\n    color: #666;\n    line-height: 1.6;\n}\n.kt-fun-fact strong {\n    font-style: normal;\n    font-weight: 500;\n    color: #ec1f26;\n    font-size: 10px;\n    letter-spacing: 0.08em;\n    text-transform: uppercase;\n    display: block;\n    margin-bottom: 4px;\n}\n.kt-era-left { text-align: right; 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}\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"kt-timeline history-main-block\">\n\n  <!-- 1969 -->\n  <div class=\"kt-era\">\n    <div class=\"kt-era-left\">\n      <div class=\"kt-era-year\">1969<\/div>\n      <div class=\"kt-era-title\">Next stop: USA<\/div>\n      <div class=\"kt-era-text\">Con 12 pesos en el bolsillo y el objetivo de llegar a Estados Unidos, Don Ra\u00fal y Do\u00f1a Lupe viajaron desde la Ciudad de M\u00e9xico a Tijuana. Una vez que llegaron, el asistente les dijo que les faltaba cambio para el pr\u00f3ximo autob\u00fas. Dudando acerca de regresar, no ten\u00edan claro cu\u00e1l ser\u00eda su pr\u00f3ximo paso y su futuro. Un transe\u00fante escuch\u00f3 su conversaci\u00f3n y se acerc\u00f3 a ellos con boletos.<\/div>\n      <div class=\"kt-fun-fact\"><strong>Fun fact<\/strong>Ra\u00fal's first job in the U.S. was as a dishwasher. He went on to work as a butcher, where he became an expert in selecting meats.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kt-era-dot\"><div class=\"kt-era-dot-inner\"><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"kt-era-right\">\n      <div class=\"kt-era-photo\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Pesos-min.png\" alt=\"Pesos from Mexico\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- 1973 -->\n  <div class=\"kt-era\">\n    <div class=\"kt-era-left\">\n      <div class=\"kt-era-photo\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kingtaco.com\/king-taco-2-0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/King-Taco-Soccer-Team.png\" alt=\"King Taco soccer team\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kt-era-dot\"><div class=\"kt-era-dot-inner\"><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"kt-era-right\">\n      <div class=\"kt-era-year\">1973<\/div>\n      <div class=\"kt-era-title\">Tacos and F\u00fatbol<\/div>\n      <div class=\"kt-era-text\">Ra\u00fal creci\u00f3 jugando en la Liga de F\u00fatbol Villa Madero mientras viv\u00eda en la Ciudad de M\u00e9xico. Cuando se mudaron a California, conducir\u00edan hasta MacArthur Park para ver jugar a los lugare\u00f1os. Sin vendedores de comida cerca, empacaban sus tacos para llevar y parrillaban carne asada mientras disfrutaban de los partidos, una costumbre t\u00edpica en M\u00e9xico.<\/br><\/br>\nCuando terminaron los juegos, los jugadores comenzaron a hacer fila para preguntar si pod\u00edan comprar tacos. Ra\u00fal se inspir\u00f3 en la cantidad de personas que le recordaron lo dif\u00edcil que era encontrar comida aut\u00e9ntica al estilo de la Ciudad de M\u00e9xico en la ciudad.<\/div>\n      <div class=\"kt-fun-fact\"><strong>Fun fact<\/strong>\u00bfSab\u00edas que hab\u00eda una liga King Taco en los EE. UU.?<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- 1974 -->\n  <div class=\"kt-era\">\n    <div class=\"kt-era-left\">\n      <div class=\"kt-era-year\">1974<\/div>\n      <div class=\"kt-era-title\">First U.S. Taco Truck<\/div>\n      <div class=\"kt-era-text\">Despite doubts from others, they purchased a 1950s ice cream truck and converted it into the first mobile taco-making station. On a summer night in 1974, Ra\u00fal and Lupe stationed their taco truck next to an East LA bar where they became popularly known.<\/br><\/br>\nWriter and journalist, Gustavo Arellano has credited Ra\u00fal as the inventor of the modern taco truck..<\/div>\n      <div class=\"kt-fun-fact\"><strong>Fun fact<\/strong>In Mexico, it is custom to name your truck.<\/br> Ra\u00fal named his La G\u00fcera.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kt-era-dot\"><div class=\"kt-era-dot-inner\"><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"kt-era-right\">\n      <div class=\"kt-era-photo\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kingtaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/images.jpeg\" alt=\"La G\u00fcera truck\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- 1975 -->\n  <div class=\"kt-era\">\n    <div class=\"kt-era-left\">\n      <div class=\"kt-era-photo\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kingtaco.com\/king-taco-2-0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/FULL-Photo-KT-1-min.jpg\" alt=\"King Taco #1 location\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kt-era-dot\"><div class=\"kt-era-dot-inner\"><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"kt-era-right\">\n      <div class=\"kt-era-year\">1975<\/div>\n      <div class=\"kt-era-title\">The Original<\/div>\n      <div class=\"kt-era-text\">Seis meses despu\u00e9s, Ra\u00fal y Lupe compraron un peque\u00f1o espacio ubicado en Cypress Park. Al principio, esta ubicaci\u00f3n se utiliz\u00f3 principalmente como una cocina central para que pudieran abrir y operar su negocio de restaurantes. Hoy es uno de los pocos restaurantes originales que sobreviven.<\/div>\n      <div class=\"kt-fun-fact\"><strong>Fun fact<\/strong>It was in this exact location where Lupe experimented and created the formula for the famous salsa roja.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- 1978 -->\n  <div class=\"kt-era\">\n    <div class=\"kt-era-left\">\n      <div class=\"kt-era-year\">1978<\/div>\n      <div class=\"kt-era-title\">King Taco #2<\/div>\n      <div class=\"kt-era-text\">One of King Taco's most popular locations on Ford and 3rd Street. At the time, this location operated as an order-to-go restaurant. Customers would walk up to the windows, cashiers would take orders by hand and pass them on to the cooks. Customers would enjoy their tacos on the hood of their cars, a common custom then.<\/br><\/br>\nAttached to the restaurant was a bodega (warehouse), where they would handle production. This is also the location where Ra\u00fal had his first office space, which today has been preserved.<\/div>\n      <div class=\"kt-fun-fact\"><strong>Fun fact<\/strong>Ra\u00fal was a big believer in giving back.<br\/> The fountain on site was a gift from nuns at their local church.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kt-era-dot\"><div class=\"kt-era-dot-inner\"><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"kt-era-right\">\n      <div class=\"kt-era-photo\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kingtaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/King-Taco-2.jpeg\" alt=\"King Taco #2\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- 1994 -->\n  <div class=\"kt-era\">\n    <div class=\"kt-era-left\">\n      <div class=\"kt-era-photo\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kingtaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/LongBeach_092421-01674.jpg\" alt=\"King Taco at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kt-era-dot\"><div class=\"kt-era-dot-inner\"><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"kt-era-right\">\n      <div class=\"kt-era-year\">1994<\/div>\n      <div class=\"kt-era-title\">Expanding<\/div>\n      <div class=\"kt-era-text\">Ra\u00fal admiraba el automovilismo y respetaba el oficio. La familia participaba a menudo en excursiones de fin de semana a pistas de carreras en el norte de California. A mediados de los 90, King Taco se diversific\u00f3 colocando su cami\u00f3n de comida en el Gran Premio de Long Beach. Su primer a\u00f1o fue tan exitoso que decidieron seguir participando en el evento anual.<\/div>\n      <div class=\"kt-fun-fact\"><strong>Fun fact<\/strong>King Taco has supported drivers from go-kart racers to Long Beach Grand Prix racer Colton Herta and F1 driver Antonio Giovinazzi.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<!-- 2026 -->\n<div class=\"kt-era\">\n  <div class=\"kt-era-left\">\n    <div class=\"kt-era-year\">2026<\/div>\n    <div class=\"kt-era-title\">A Los Angeles Landmark<\/div>\n    <div class=\"kt-era-text\">Fifty years after Ra\u00fal and Lupe first opened their doors in Cypress Park, King Taco #1 was unanimously designated a Historic-Cultural Monument by the Los Angeles City Council. A vote recognizing the restaurant as a place that exemplifies significant contributions to the cultural, economic, and social history of the community and an important business reflecting Latino commercial identity.<\/div>\n    <div class=\"kt-fun-fact\"><strong>Fun fact<\/strong>What started as a simple desire to feed their community, became one of Los Angeles' most beloved and now officially recognized cultural institutions.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"kt-era-dot\"><div class=\"kt-era-dot-inner\"><\/div><\/div>\n  <div class=\"kt-era-right\">\n    <div class=\"kt-era-photo\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kingtaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/taco_getty.jpg\" alt=\"King Taco #1 designated as a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_6a459d1512d5c\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row full-width-section\"  style=\"padding-top: 80px; padding-bottom: 80px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap\"><div class=\"row-bg using-bg-color\"  style=\"background-color: #ec1f26; \"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_content_element wpb_raw_html\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div style=\"text-align: center; max-width: 800px; margin: 0 auto;\">\n  <div style=\"font-size: 50px; font-weight: 500; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 8px;\">Today<\/div>\n  <div style=\"font-size: 11px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.1em; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.6); margin-bottom: 20px;\">The legacy continues<\/div>\n  <p style=\"font-size: 14px; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.85); line-height: 1.75; margin-bottom: 16px;\">Hardworking, passionate, and caring are just a few words to describe the person Ra\u00fal was. He had a deep appreciation for hard-working employees and offered growth and opportunities to his employees, a work culture that King Taco continues today.The Mexican fast-food favorite has since expanded to 22 popular locations throughout Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties. Today, King Taco serves a wide variety of authentic Mexican foods, and has been recognized by prominent food critics.<\/p>\n  <p style=\"font-size: 14px; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.85); line-height: 1.75; margin-bottom: 32px;\">En honor de Don Ra\u00fal, King Taco contin\u00faa apoyando y enalteciendo a la comunidad que lo inici\u00f3 apoyando a organizaciones que atienden a los necesitados y a las personas sin hogar, financiando organizaciones que ayudan a ni\u00f1os que viven con c\u00e1ncer, VIH y SIDA, respondiendo para ayudar con desastres nacionales e internacionales, brindando patrocinios a las organizaciones encargadas de hacer cumplir la ley, adem\u00e1s de ser un jugador de equipo con eventos que obtienen fondos para la diabetes y m\u00e1s.<\/p>\n  <a href=\"\/join-our-team\" style=\"display: inline-block; border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.5); border-radius: 999px; padding: 10px 28px; color: #fff; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 500; text-decoration: none;\">Join our team<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_6a459d1512f7d\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row full-width-content  vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex  vc_row-o-content-top   top_padding_phone_0px bottom_padding_phone_0px\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap\"><div class=\"row-bg\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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