NYC teen opens popular taco joint in Park Slope — all before high school graduation
NY Post
The restaurant business is grueling enough for an adult, but Aiden Sterlin is knocking it out of the park while barely old enough to vote.
The hyper-ambitious 18-year-old is bucking the stereotype of the TikTok-addicted Gen Z layabout by running a successful Brooklyn taqueria — while still in high school.
Sterlin is the owner of Tacos Del Barrio, a vibrant joint in Park Slope near Barclays Center that specializes in Mexican specialties from juicy tacos al pastor ($4.95) to burritos the size of duffel bags ($14.95 for carne asada) and his tres leches cake ($6.50), which are all made fresh daily in-house.
Opened just last month, his taco joint is serving around 165 checks a day with a second location slated to open in FiDi this fall — not bad for a guy who, when The Post visited, was balancing his business duties while also trying to secure a suit for his senior prom.
“I learn everything from scratch,” Sterlin, who manages a crew of eight, said. “And I’m just going day by day.”
“My biggest goal here at Tacos Del Barrio is that once people come in through the doors, hopefully, you leave with a better feeling.”
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