16 October 2024
A new restaurant with more than two dozen taco options has opened in Worthing.
Taco Vault is the creation of Dean Marshall, owner of The Big Orange Truck, and Austin Metivier, who worked at the food truck. It is located on Main Street in a former bank building – hence the name.
The old vault has been reused as a drinking station.
“What we are is an artisan taco place with artisan tacos and craft beer,” Marshall said of the full-service restaurant. “We want to give back to the community by creating a place to hang out with your family.”
The first floor is full of kitchen and seating at tables and stalls.
The lower level includes tables, a bar, small stage, board games and an arcade game, with more to come.
The business partners plan to hold parties for holidays like Halloween, host trivia nights and bring in stand-up comedians and solo musical acts.
At a friends and family night earlier this week, the most popular tacos were The Vault with beef, onion, cilantro and Vault sauce and The SD with chislic, fried corn and ranch dressing, Marshall said. Vault sauce is a creamy chipotle lime sauce, “heavy on the lime.”
Along with the variety of all the crafted tacos, customers can choose from smoked chicken, fried chicken, smoked pork, sweet smoked salmon, fried shrimp, and beef on many of them.
Marshall and Metivier had fun creating the names for the tacos, from The Brotherly Love Taco with smoked chicken or steak, onions, peppers and Swiss cheese to the Memphis Raines with a choice of meats, barbecue sauce and creamy slaw.
Customers can choose corn or flour tortillas. Any kind of taco can also be turned into toppings for nachos or a salad, Marshall said.
Marshall and Metivier have created four veggie tacos, and tofu can replace protein options on most menu items.
The menu features five breakfast tacos that are available all day.
In addition to all the tacos, there are salads and beef or lamb chislic.
Appetizers include options like Southwest Chicken Bites, Stensland Family Farms’ garlic cheese curds, deep-fried corn and deep-fried horchata bites, which are breaded cream cheese cinnamon balls with a raspberry-chipotle compote and a maple-bourbon dipping sauce. Chips Mix & Match are homemade tortilla chips served with a choice of queso, guacamole, salsa and roasted street corn dip.
For dessert there are churro fries and tres leches cake.
Five of the six taps are craft beers. Marshall said he listened to pleas from the local community for an “easy drinker,” so Coors Light got one of the spots. Choices expand with bottled and canned beverages, including sour, pale ale and IPA beers, cider and the new THC beverages.
As another way to build community, each month the walls of the restaurant will feature works by a different artist. The restaurant will take a 10 percent cut, Marshall said, which it will donate to support arts programs in local schools.
The first featured artist is Jason Gandee of Sioux Falls, owner of 605 Artisan Surfaces. He made the restaurant’s table tops and also makes art.
In addition to serving Worthing, Marshall said the restaurant will be an easy drive for people in Sioux Falls — just 12 miles south of the city — and neighboring towns like Harrisburg, Tea, Lennox and Canton.
To start, hours will be 7am to 9pm daily.