r/redmond • u/Itsmylife1114 • 3d ago
El Toreador announced their building and parking lot are for sale.
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u/prozach_ 3d ago
This has been my family staple for YEARS. We’ve grown close to everyone who works there. Amazing food, staff and drinks. Gonna be missed for sure!
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u/Apart-Run5933 3d ago
Man, that’s a bummer. I went to school with one of the daughters back at Horace Mann.
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u/Hecho_en_Shawano 3d ago
NOOOOO!!! El T’s has been a family staple for nearly 20 years. What a great group of people and great food that we’re going to miss dearly.
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u/ConsistentString4627 3d ago
Sad to hear about your business and pray for your sister.
Does the sale include Molly moon's building as well?
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u/RJRide1020 3d ago
Legendary restaurant, man this one hurts. I’ve enjoyed their verde enchiladas more times than I can count.
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u/Translatix 2d ago
Went last night, and asked the owner how much longer they will be open. He said he imagines it will be a couple of months. So you still have time to enjoy the amazing food and ambiance. “Happiness is a warm tortilla”
We also added our voices to calls for a cookbook for their recipes. Partner is addicted to their tortilla soup.
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u/Smart_Ass_Dave 2d ago
Building sales take a while. The owner probably won't try to kick out a profitable tenant for no reason, and getting permits and financing for redevelopment can take years so it could be a while. Especially right now where construction costs and interest rates are at an all time high. I'm definitely going to find a reason to go there to eat one more time in the next few months, but it could honestly be years.
That said, my days of assuming people with enough money to buy a building aren't boot-eating morons came to an end a while ago so who knows.
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u/Translatix 2d ago
The family that runs Toreador owns the building and parking lot. And business has been steadily slowing, so they are selling the property and retiring. They’ll close the restaurant when it’s sold.
I don’t know if the building can be torn down, as it was built at the turn of the last century, and may be considered historic. It’s been a restaurant since it was built, and the current owners electrified it.
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u/pacmanic 2d ago
Redmond will lose every one of those old plazas. I’m glad Taqueria El Gallo is still around.
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u/possiblerussianbot69 2d ago
best mexican food in town. sad
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u/Robpaulssen 2d ago
That's a serious stretch but they are awesome, everyone should go in the next few weeks before it becomes apartments with $15 coffees in the bottom
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u/DiscoveringHighLife 2d ago
It's been on the decline. I stopped going after they changed the menus a few years back.
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u/ControlCorps-Tech 2d ago
Nooo!!! Really going to miss your chili Verde burrito's! You guys are awesome and have always treated everybody well .. sorry to hear this!
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u/SynchronicStudio 2d ago
Dated a girl whose family was obsessed with this place. I thought the food was alright but having the servers regularly come in drunk to my job down the street and be rude to people who didn’t know who they were and demanding discounts really turned me off to the place. Always sad to see a family business go, though.
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u/NewlyNerfed 3d ago
45 years, that’s a really amazing run. I hope the family can find some peace, that’s heartbreaking about their sisters.