Chula Tacos is heading to Ocean Beach. It’s bringing its Tijuana-style street tacos to the heart of Ocean Beach, and announced it has plans to open a new location at 4994 Newport Avenue, taking over the space most recently occupied by Doughboy’s Grill, at 4994 Newport Avenue.
Founded by Rigo Muñoz Jr., Chula Tacos began as a food truck before evolving into its brick-and-mortar location at 1719 Palm Avenue in National City. Reportedly, fans delight on its signature
SanDiegoVille reported:
Earlier this year, Chula Tacos opened a highly anticipated restaurant at 689 H Street in Chula Vista, taking over the former Tacos El Gordo and Taqueria El Prieto building. However, just weeks after opening, the restaurant suffered a significant attic fire that forced an evacuation and closure. While ownership initially expressed optimism about reopening, the H Street location has since disappeared from the company’s website, fueling speculation that the South Bay outpost may have been permanently abandoned following the extensive fire damage.
If that proves to be the case, the Ocean Beach restaurant would effectively become Chula Tacos’ second operating location and its first venture into one of San Diego’s most competitive dining markets.
The space on Newport Avenue has housed numerous concepts over recent years. It had Doughboy’s Grill, a cheesesteak, burger, pizza, and wing concept from the family behind longtime Ocean Beach institution BBQ House OB. Before that, it held OB Kabob and D’Lish Express.
An opening date has not yet been announced, but ownership says the Ocean Beach restaurant is expected to debut soon.
For more information, visit eatchulatacos.com.
Doughboy’s closed shop already? I could have sworn they are still open.