Chilacates Will Bring Taco Joy to Mission Hill
It will be the third location for the growing Mexican restaurant group, and its first outside of Jamaica Plain. Chicken and fish tacos at Chilacates. / Photo by Jenna Pelletier Popular taco shop Chilacates is spreading the love: The Jamaica Plain-born taqueria will open a third location in Mission Hill. Eater Boston got a tip about signage going up at the under- construction Tremont apartment complex (1480 Tremont St.), and Chilcates owner Socrates Abreu confirmed he’s currently working with architects and planners to design the forthcoming restaurant. While his original location near Stony Brook was joined by a second outpost on the well- traveled Centre Street this past winter, the Mission Hill location will be Chilacates’ first location built from the floor up. That will take about four to six months, Abreu estimates . He has been looking for more locations for a year, he told Eater, and found the Tremont spot to have “the same vibe” as the original Armory Street Chilacates . T...