Crown Heights' Oaxaca Taqueria Already Closed
Oaxaca Taqueria has already shuttered its Prospect Place location after opening in September. Crown Heights residents will now have to venture to the 4th Avenue or Smith Street outposts of the if they’re craving the mini-chain’s offerings. (It also looks like they just opened a new location in the East Village.) Guesses as to why…
Oaxaca Taqueria has already shuttered its Prospect Place location after opening in September. Crown Heights residents will now have to venture to the 4th Avenue or Smith Street outposts of the if they’re craving the mini-chain’s offerings. (It also looks like they just opened a new location in the East Village.) Guesses as to why it closed so soon? It was located on a sleepy block of Prospect and also wasn’t far from the popular Mexican joint Chavella’s. Update: The Oaxaca owners posted the following in the Comments section: “So all of you can stop guessing we closed Oaxaca on Prospect because the landlord had multiple building issues that finally caught up with him and they had Con Ed remove the electric meter for that part of the building. We decided that we did not want to stay there even if the issues were resolved. We really liked being in the neighborhood and are sorry that we could not continue at that location. We really appreciated all the support we got from the community. Contrary to some of the negative posts we were doing excellent business so we are looking for another location in the area.”
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for some reason, it seemed to me that this place was destined to fail as soon as it opened. first, the website had the location’s phone number wrong for a long time. second, we tried to get delivery a couple of times and each time they gave us a different excuse as to why they couldn’t do it. third, although everything is tasty, the menu is not very diversified. lots of dishes made with the same preparations and the same garnishes so it all tasted and looked very similar and didn’t feel like a place to go for dinner. it felt more like a place to go before or after a night at the bars, and it was not particularly well-located for that (especially with all of the snow we had on these streets from december on).
did this place have a liquor license?
just change concepts – make it a bar. less overhead, higher mark up on sales.
if crown height landlords allow folks to sign lease with a corp entity, that would be juicy. to have personal guarantee on it, it’s mad expensive to close shop as you’re still on the hook for rest of lease. this one feels like they walked away relative pain free
Is there something wrong w. you people? Their tacos are fantastic! And they have the nicest employees. I met the owner one night on Smith Street and since that moment have been rooting for these guys to do well.
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yet priced above average…
yeah, and that.
*rob*
the one on 4th avenue wasnt so good, i tried just the bean burrito i think tho
*rob*
I dont know about this location but based on 4th Ave location…it is WAY overrated (i.e. not very good)
The food wasn’t very good. Their tacos are only so-so, yet priced above average… I think the other locations do better because they get more foot traffic and simply have more folks willing to pay a little too much for mediocre tacos. To do well in Crown Heights, the food would have to really stand out or have to be really inexpensive. One or the other, or better yet, both. They had neither. Chavella’s has slightly more stand-out-ish food, and a nice little vibe going.
They should have marketed the place more. It’s not in a location where you will walk by…it’s more of a destination.
I would urge the owners to try again. Look at the success of Chavella’s on Classon Avenue as proof for the oppotunity to be successful and the demand for Mexican in Crown Heights.