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If there’s one thing that Bend loves more than craft beer and working remotely, it’s tacos. With that being said, there’s yet another source for traditional and unique street tacos. Vida y Tacos, which translates to “life and tacos,” offers up traditional Mexican fare including cochinita, al pastor and tinga chicken tacos. But it’s the “extraordinary” taco menu that has us coming back for seconds.

I sampled a variety of these outside-the-box offerings, including Korean BBQ tacos served with miso chili mayo, Ahi tacos served inside of a cabbage shell and crispy chicken tacos served with habanero ranch. The fast-casual taco hub is vibrantly and offers easy take-out options or seat-yourself dining. Vida y Tacos replaces the shuttered Ajii Asian Kitchen. Aside from their colorful dining menu, the spot also features “adult slushies” and margaritas by the pitcher.

This article appears in Jan 8-15, 2020.

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More Tacos, Please

by Nancy Patterson, The Source - Bend, Oregon
January 8, 2020

<h1>More Tacos, Please</h1> <p class="byline">by Nancy Patterson, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />January 8, 2020</p> <p> <span class="fdnDropCap">I</span>f there's one thing that Bend loves more than craft beer and working remotely, it's tacos. With that being said, there's yet another source for traditional and unique street tacos. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/vidaytacos/?ref=py_c" target="_blank">Vida y Tacos</a>, which translates to "life and tacos," offers up traditional Mexican fare including <a href="https://www.foodandwine.com/travel/restaurants/rene-redzepi-yucatan" target="_blank">cochinita</a>, al pastor and tinga chicken tacos. But it's the "extraordinary" taco menu that has us coming back for seconds. </p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/lilb2.1-e7d39e964d265724.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/lilb2.1-e7d39e964d265724.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-53080" /></a></figure> <p> I sampled a variety of these outside-the-box offerings, including Korean BBQ tacos served with miso chili mayo, Ahi tacos served inside of a cabbage shell and crispy chicken tacos served with habanero ranch. The fast-casual taco hub is vibrantly and offers easy take-out options or seat-yourself dining. Vida y Tacos replaces the shuttered Ajii Asian Kitchen. Aside from their colorful dining menu, the spot also features "adult slushies" and margaritas by the pitcher. </p> <div class="wp-block-group is-style-border" style="padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)"> <div class="wp-block-columns"> <div class="wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch" style="flex-basis:100%"> <div class="wp-block-group community-card__content"> <div class="wp-block-group"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Vida y Tacos</h3> <div class="wp-block-group has-small-font-size"> <p class="has-medium-gray-color has-text-color has-small-font-size">320 SW Century Dr. #410, Bend</p> <p class="has-medium-gray-color has-text-color has-small-font-size">541-728-0805</p> </p></div> </p></div> </p></div> </p></div> </p></div> </p></div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/food-drink/more-tacos-please-11765616/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=53076&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/food-drink/more-tacos-please-11765616/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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