In most ways, this past weekend rocked.
As stated, I ate some delicious stadium food in Lorena. We had a fun time at the WacoFork tailgate before Baylor stomped SFA. The Cowboys won. The Rangers won twice. And, maybe the best part, rain came in buckets.
But one piece of news stung me. As we were setting up for tailgate on Saturday, I heard our friends at Taqueria El Crucero arrived at their restaurant Saturday morning to find they had been broken into during the night.
Now, you know how rumors go. Things tend to get exaggerated. So I stopped by El Crucero for lunch today to find out what happened directly from owner Jesus Betancourt.
Betancourt was smiling, as usual, when he told me whoever broke in came in by smashing a window, which amounted to the biggest inconvenience. He said they took some sodas and a little bit of money, but he shrugged it off. As usual, he thanked us for coming and shook our hands. There's a bunch of warm, friendly restaurant owners in Waco, but Betancourt is up there with the best of them.
He might have been playing it cool and tough. Who knows? Regardless, some of us El Crucero fans will be showing our support this week.
Wade Mackey, who initially repped El Crucero to me back in the spring, said he's going there every day this week. That's a great way to show some love to our friends. In fact, I'll be showing up a couple more times this week too.
Here's another thing: if you've read about El Crucero either on this blog or their listing, but you haven't been there, this week would be a really nice week to check it out. I'm going to tell you that it's excellent Mexican food, especially the Oso burrito. But you really don't have to listen to me. Just read the reviews under El Crucero's listing.
