01/08/2024
Sad to hear this morning that food truck Corazón de Torta, which my friends Antonio Ley (aka: El Tony Tee) and chef José Figueroa opened in 2017, is closing permanently so Tony can focus on his work within the Latino community. "You know Scott," Tony once told me, "the only reason I started this food truck is so that Anthony Bourdain might come back to visit me again". Tony was Bourdain's fixer in Tijuana for an episode of "No Reservations" and was hopeful that the "Two Tonys" would once again reunite. Well, that never transpired, obviously. I've had the pleasure to work with Tony on "Tacos with Muchachos" as a segment of YouTube show "Baja Window to the South", and he's also a key contributor to my new Taco Project (stay tuned!). I tried to think of what to post as a fitting tribute: One of our segments, photos from the truck's opening, which I attended in 2017, my taco truck blog post in which CdT featured prominently, or one of the several photos of Tony and I hamming it up for the camera. I landed on this video, which I worked on as part of a larger project with the The Culinary Institute of America, wherein Tony and Joe talk about their most excellent guisados. Damn. I'm gonna miss that albondigas torta, but suerte Tony on your next adventure!
Download recipes and watch the full series at http://www.ciaprochef.com/wca/baja/Chef Jose “Joe” Rodrigo Figueroa Sanchez and Owner Antonio “Tony” Ley, talk ...
