A popular taqueria in Midtown Detroit is one the move but won’t be going far.
Shell Shock’d Tacos is working to open it’s first brick-and-mortar restaurant at 418 W. Willis St., according to Crain’s Detroit.
Black entrepreneurs Cedric Andrews and Danielle “Margo Moon” Bigham founded the pop-up taco shop at the height of the pandemic in May 2021. They’ve most recently sold their street tacos out of Cobb’s Corner Bar at 4201 Cass Ave.
The duo announced on Instagram this week that they are shutting down their pop-up kitchen to begin renovations at the soon-to-open restaurant. Shell Shock’d isn’t migrating far from the the Cass Corridor. The new eatery will be around the corner at the former Pastability Italian restaurant.
“This last month has been amazing.!!! However, it’s time for us to focus and get our Brick & Mortar open….,” Andrews and Bigham’s post read. “For now we (are) ‘TEMPORARILY CLOSED’ for further renovations. We promise we will be back soon.”
Shell Shock’d specializes in a unique brand of Latin-inspired street food steeped in Detroit culture. Their menu includes birria tacos, taco de Pollo, crunch wraps with queso, and Elote or Mexican street corn.
It’s not clear when the new restaurant is expected to open. Andrews and Bigham did not list a timetable for their debut in the social media announcement.
The Detroit natives won the Eastern Market Taco Showdown last year and were semifinalists in the Comerica Hatch Detroit Contest, Crain’s reported.
