Javier Fregoso growing up in a border town, Calexico CA – Mexicali Baja California, grew up having really darn good tacos. He learned that authenticity was paramount and how a real taco should be. This education was crucial in guiding his career as a cook and restaurateur. He decided to move to LA in 2008, after being there for 2 years he saw there was a need of something spectacular, which was his native food.
He started Mexicali Taco & Co in 2010, with not much money to open a restaurant he decided to start humbly only at a parking lot near Downtown LA, with only a cart and a pick up truck he started his dream and journey on the corner of 1st St and Beaudry, from there on the word started to spread out and eventually they had a crowd of hundreds of people following them, in only 2 years they were able to open their first brick and mortar on 2012, he always had that goal since the first day setting up on that parking lot, after opening the restaurant it became a huge success, it was a no brainer for them, they had a vision and they made it happened.