On the outside patio of The Taco Shop in Moses Lake is a small memorial to owner Pete Gonzalez’s parents. Fred Gonzalez, who passed away in July 2021, started The Taco Shop in 1977. Fred’s wife Aurora passed on in April of this year.
June 3, 2022
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45 years and counting
The Taco Shop has become a fixture in Moses Lake
MOSES LAKE — In Moses Lake on June 1, 1977, Columbia Basin Machine defeated Zip Trucking in Little League, Japan Airlines held a model airplane contest for kids and new potatoes were 10 cents a pound at Thriftway. While “Star Wars” was breaking box office records across the country, Lake Theater was still showing “King Kong” from the year before. Oh, and a little taco stand opened up downtown near the swimming pool.