A quiet opening

Tmaz Taquiera

by Tony McReynolds

posted 12/20/2011

Cesar Hervert opened Tmaz Taqueria in the former Zamaan Cafe and Bakery space on Packard near Platt in late September. Not that you'd have noticed--as of mid-November he still didn't have a sign out front. "The first day I was open, I had one customer," he says, shaking his head. Lack of a sign wasn't his only visibility problem. From the outside you can barely tell it's a restaurant. The space is tiny, and the first third looks like an office because that's what it is: Hervert wasn't sure how successful his restaurant would be, so he

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