Rock Paper Taco moving into former Shrimp Basket site on Perkins
Monday, March 15, 2021
Rock Paper Taco plans to open a second brick-and-mortar location in the former Shrimp Basket space on Perkins Road.
The 4,160-square-foot building located in the Perkins Palm development near Staring Lane has been vacant since Shrimp Basket permanently closed in mid-2019. Before that, McAlister’s Deli occupied the space.
Local restaurateur Josh Duke, who launched Rock Paper Taco from a food truck in 2018, says he’s been eyeing the location, which sits in the same development as his Olive or Twist restaurant, for several years.
At the time McAlister’s closed three years ago, Duke was in the midst of relocating his Painting & Pinot business in order to expand Olive or Twist. However, had he known the space would be available, he says he simply would’ve moved Olive or Twist there without forcing out Painting & Pinot.