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Locally owned East Austin taco shop suddenly closes after 6 years
Locally owned East Austin taco shop suddenly closes after 6 years El Chilito is the second restaurant El Chile Group has lost to the pandemic.
Photo by Jane Ko A locally owned taco shop is closing after six years on the east side, effective immediately.
El Chilito, the faster, even more casual offshoot of the fast-casual El Chile, is closing its location at 1627 E. Seventh St. at 3 pm on Friday, January 15. El Chile Group, the restaurant s owner, announced the shutter just an hour before doors were set to close. El Chile Group COO Orlando Sanchez blamed effects of the ongoing pandemic as the reason for the closure.