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Taco the town: Tacos Rapidos calls the cops on a rowdy customer

A second location of Tacos Rapidos, which serves Mexican fast food 24/7, opened last fall at 2345 West Alameda Avenue, thrilling hungry night owls. But apparently not everyone appreciates the new outpost...
By Patricia Calhoun
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A second location of Tacos Rapidos, which serves Mexican fast food 24/7, opened last fall at 2345 West Alameda Avenue, thrilling hungry night owls.

But apparently not everyone appreciates the new outpost.

According to a Denver Police Department report, at 2:54 a.m. on March 13, officers responded to a call at the newTacos Rapidos, where employees said that a man had gotten into an argument with customers and then broken a large window in front of the restaurant.

Employees chased the man, but he escaped through an alley.

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And Tacos Rapidos didn’t miss a beat.

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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.

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