Fast-casual craft taco restaurant opens new Charlotte location

Two new locations of Tacos 4 Life, a fast-casual taco chain that donates meals to fight childhood hunger, have opened in the Charlotte area.

In Charlotte, you’ll find Tacos 4 Life on Kenilworth Avenue in Dilworth, not too far from Bakersfield. Owner Keon Williams opened the new Dilworth location with a Taco Tuesday celebration Jan. 7.

In Mooresville, the new Tacos 4 Life restaurant has opened in the former Cantina 1511 space next to Blu Star Grill.

The restaurant offers craft tacos with flavors such as mango habanero, Korean BBQ steak, Hawaiian shrimp, crab cake and seared tofu. Other options include salads, rice bowls, nachos and quesadillas.

When the new restaurants open, there will be five locations of Tacos 4 Life in the area. The Arkansas-based company is known for its Meal 4 Meal program, where the restaurant donates a meal to a child in need through the nonprofit organization Feed My Starving Children.

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The Mooresville location is co-owned by father and son Ed and David Babcock.

“As longtime supporters of the Feed My Starving Children organization, deciding to open a Tacos 4 Life location was a natural choice for us,” David Babcock said in a news release.

The Mooresville location is a a 4,500-square-foot space that includes a covered patio and reserved parking spots for those who order to-go or via the Tacos 4 Life app.

“The Babcocks’ dedication to excellence and community service make them the perfect fit to bring this new location to Mooresville,” Austin Samuelson, co-founder of Tacos 4 Life, said in the release.

Tacos 4 Life

Location: 120 Marketplace Ave, Unit D, Mooresville, NC 28117

Location: 1716 Kenilworth Ave #150, Charlotte, NC 28203

Location: 3351 Pineville-Matthews Road, Suite 300, Charlotte, NC 28226

Location: 4923 Trojan Dr #110, Charlotte, NC 28278

Location: 2940 Derita Road, Suite 40, Concord, NC 28027

Menu

Cuisine: Mexican, tacos, fusion

Instagram: @t4l_dilworth, @t4l_mooresville

This story was originally published May 28, 2024 at 12:13 PM.

Heidi Finley

The Charlotte Observer

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