An Architect Whose Passion is Building Tacos

*This article was suggested by Taquista Todd O’neill.

By Jamie Derringer, design-milk

There is so much I can relate to in the story of Christian Pineda, a San Diego-born and raised architect who left sunny SoCal and his career in architecture to follow his passion and build a taco business in New York City. He’s now the founder of an award-winning taqueria, Los Tacos No.1, located in Chelsea Market.

As an architect, it was Christian’s desire to impact people in a positive way—to make a difference in their lives somehow. What he soon realized was that as a restaurant owner, he was impacting hundreds of lives on a daily basis.

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