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Val's is opening up today.

Posted on 7/1/26 at 3:40 pm
Posted by facher08
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
6170 posts
Posted on 7/1/26 at 3:40 pm
Anyone planning to go?

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Posted by Ryan3232
Valet driver for TD staff
Member since Dec 2008
27726 posts
Posted on 7/1/26 at 3:45 pm to
$5 mini 2-bite tacos. Yay
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
79105 posts
Posted on 7/1/26 at 3:52 pm to
Got me excited thinking it was Val's Marina
Posted by Alt26
Member since Mar 2010
35857 posts
Posted on 7/1/26 at 3:58 pm to
God bless them. I hope it does well. But I did find this a bit funny:

quote:

“We are decidedly not Tex-Mex,” he says. “Throughout the South, Louisiana specifically, probably 8.59 out of 10 Mexican spots are really Tex-Mex. [Vals] has a lot more traditional Mexican dishes, be it from Tijuana or from Mexico City. Our chef, who created everything, spent about a year in Mexico learning the food, the culture, the whole thing.”


The menu is tacos and a few other things one can get at 8.59 out of 10 Mexican spots in BR. And it is replacing another taco place that didn't last long. If customers rejected a taco restaurant there once, why would they accept a new one?
Posted by facher08
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
6170 posts
Posted on 7/1/26 at 4:07 pm to
quote:

If customers rejected a taco restaurant there once, why would they accept a new one?


Hopefully, because the quality is much better. The one in New Orleans is delicious?
Posted by facher08
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
6170 posts
Posted on 7/1/26 at 4:08 pm to
quote:

$5 mini 2-bite tacos. Yay


The birria plate is not this.
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
79105 posts
Posted on 7/1/26 at 4:22 pm to
The one in new orleans is fine. Nothing special. Its location on Freret attributes to its success being a main area for Tulane/Loyola students. The setup is really nice with outdoor seating too.
This post was edited on 7/1/26 at 4:25 pm
Posted by Alt26
Member since Mar 2010
35857 posts
Posted on 7/1/26 at 4:55 pm to
quote:

Hopefully, because the quality is much better. The one in New Orleans is delicious?


I say this as a BR resident...I don't think much of BR has a discerning palette when it comes to tacos. And BR has about 5-6 Mexican restaurants within a 3-5 mile radius of where this one will be.
Posted by t00f
Not where you think I am
Member since Jul 2016
102232 posts
Posted on 7/1/26 at 5:05 pm to
quote:

The one in new orleans is fine. Nothing special. Its location on Freret attributes to its success being a main area for Tulane/Loyola students. The setup is really nice with outdoor seating too.


Place is fun, good food, really good tequila selection and decent bourbon selection but Cure Nola is helping with that.
Posted by BigDaddy6612
Member since Nov 2021
187 posts
Posted on 7/1/26 at 7:14 pm to
Nola location is good. Great tacos and margaritas!
Posted by Citica8
Duckroost, LA
Member since Dec 2012
4108 posts
Posted on 7/2/26 at 8:34 am to
quote:

Got me excited thinking it was Val's Marina
Same
Posted by bdevill
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Mar 2008
12237 posts
Posted on 7/2/26 at 8:44 am to
quote:

it is replacing another taco place that didn't last long


The first time I went to Rock Paper Taco it was good. Second time, not so much. Third time was terrible.

I see they put a lot of money in the new place.. and a lot of work. I hope they do well. I'll go tonight.
This post was edited on 7/2/26 at 8:44 am
Posted by Prosecuted Collins
The Farm
Member since Sep 2003
7318 posts
Posted on 7/2/26 at 9:00 am to
Went to one of the sift openings, tacos are not small!

Posted by Prosecuted Collins
The Farm
Member since Sep 2003
7318 posts
Posted on 7/2/26 at 12:13 pm to
One note for marg fans, they have two different Tommy’s specs and it’s now my favorite rocks marg in town.
Posted by theliontamer
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2015
2124 posts
Posted on 7/2/26 at 12:52 pm to
No, that location sucks and the place will go out of business in less than 24 months.
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