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Reader: It takes a global village to hate the T|ACO name

T|ACO opens today in Boulder. It's a new concept from the folks behind H Burger Co. (an outpost of that joint just opened in Boulder, too), and readers agree that the place looks good -- the urban taqueria is a 62-seat homage to tacos and spaghetti Westerns -- and the...
By Patricia CalhounMay 23, 2012
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T|ACO opens today in Boulder. It’s a new concept from the folks behind H Burger Co. (an outpost of that joint just opened in Boulder, too), and readers agree that the place looks good — the urban taqueria is a 62-seat homage to tacos and spaghetti Westerns — and the menu seems promising….

But what’s with that name?

Says A Gross Salad:

At first I thought I was being my usual cynical self, getting really upset with how awful and pretentious the name is. But then I read the comments of you, fellow Westword reader, and I was immediately reminded that I am truly part of a Global VIllage.

What do you think of the T|ACO name? Read the rest of those comments — and make one of your own — here?

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12’s public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

patricia.calhoun@westword.com
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