Nancy Reza smiles a lot, even when talking about the family rift that created Taqueria El Arquito. Her large family is best known for owning 23 locations of Taqueria Taxco (established 2009) across Dallas–Fort Worth. In 2020, though, Reza, several siblings, their parents, and other relatives broke from the family’s chain to open their own operation. “Working with family is complicated,” Reza told me during a conversation at the newest Taqueria El Arquito—one of nine locations—in tony University Park. She didn’t clarify the reason for the split, only hinting at some kind of friction. What Reza did share was pride in her family and her love of her hometown of Taxco, famous for the arches of its aqueduct, built under order of conquistador Hernán Cortes, in…
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