It will soon be a little easier for Fort Bend County residents to get their hands on some of the area’s favorite tacos. Soliz Tacos de Casa & Café will open its new location in Richmond this Thursday, October 9.
Located at 11131 Harlem Rd., the new Soliz Tacos joins the original, Dulles Avenue location in Stafford that’s been feeding area residents, workers, and Dulles High School students since 1984. The company also operates a ghost kitchen in the Galleria-area Fair Food Co. facility. In Richmond, Soliz will augment its 20-seat, 1,400-square-foot interior with the restaurant’s first drive-through.
Founded as Soliz Casa de Tacos, the restaurant is known for its freshly made flour tortillas. Specifically, Soliz serves breakfast and lunch tacos all day, paired with starters, salads, entrees, and tamales. Some of its most popular dishes are named for customers, such as the Darlene (flour tortilla with eggs, potatoes, bacon, refried beans, and cheese), the Zaneta (flour tortilla with potatoes, bacon, sour cream, and cheese); and the Hughie (flour tortilla with grilled chicken, sautéd onions, bacon, refried beans, and cheese).
The Soliz Surf Taco features marinated shrimp, corn, and pico wrapped in a flour tortilla.Courtesy of Soliz Tacos
“Everything is a homemade recipe and has been made the same way over the course of four decades,” co-owner Eric Otto said in a statement. “We make everything in-house and from scratch – from the salsa to the guacamole to the carne guisda – and of course the tortillas, which are made fresh daily. Our guests appreciate this commitment to not cutting corners when it comes to the ingredients that go into each and every taco, and I believe it is this commitment that has been a major reason for our sustained success.”
Otto, the grandson of the restaurant’s founder, took over operating the restaurant in 2014. Under his leadership, the restaurant remodeled its original store and began growing. He plans to bring Soliz to more parts of Houston.
“Our goal is for the Richmond location to showcase how new design elements and an enhanced service model can build upon the brand’s 40 years of serving delicious tacos to patrons,” Otto’s business partner Michael Miller said in a statement. “Richmond will be the flagship and the model for all of our future locations as we continue to look for advantageous opportunities to further expand. It will also serve as a blueprint for the franchise model that we will be launching next year.”
Soliz will celebrate its grand opening with a ribbon cutting at 9 am. The first person in line will receive free tacos for a year, and the first 50 people in line will receive t-shirts. In addition, the restaurant will hold giveaways throughout the day; have face painting and a balloon artist for kids; and have a DJ to spin tunes. Soliz will donate 50 percent of proceeds from its opening day sales to the East Fort Bend Human Needs Ministry.
