New Eagle Rock Restaurant Embraces the ‘Everything Is a Taco’ Approach

Eater LA
by Mona Holmes  |   Sep 25, 2023

Eagle Rock’s Taco Social — stylized as “Taco/Social” — opens in the former Lucky Bird space on Tuesday, September 26. This time around, locals can count on a taco menu with flavors from around the globe by a known group of Pasadena restaurateurs.

Quite a crew it is. The crew behind Taco Social includes Blaze Pizza, Gus’s BBQ, Dog Haus Biergarten, Kings Row Gastropub, Magnolia House, the Original Tops, and Wetzel’s Pretzels. As for the menu, Top Chef season two winner Ilan Hall and former Nueva chef Jonathan Paiz developed menu items like Greek tacos, one with banh mi fillings, po’ boy, or tikka masala tacos.

The 5,000-square-foot brick building has indoor and outdoor seating, a full bar, and a private dining room. They’re leaning heavily on tequila drinks with fresh and frozen margaritas, cocktails like hot honey whiskey lemonade, Oaxacan old-fashioned, wine, and draft beer.

Taco Social is the latest restaurant to occupy this historic building. The six-year-old Eagle Rock Public House closed in 2020, while Lucky Bird remained open for a year starting in 2021.