By Audrey Jensen – Reporter, Phoenix Business Journal Dec 2, 2021, 10:00am EST The owners of new taco food truck concept Tacos Barbon are opening their first restaurant in the Phoenix metro — at a Holiday Inn hotel in Goodyear. Buckeye couple and Phoenix natives Isai and Karina Martinez first started a taco stand as a hobby just before the Covid-19 pandemic started. But after Isai Martinez lost his job due to Covid, the food concept became their livelihood, so they decided to run the business full time and upgraded to a trailer. "We never expected it to become our only source of income, so we started selling out of it and then within the first weeks, we're like, 'Wow, this can turn into something,'" Isai Martinez said. "Once we got the food truck, it just exploded. It really took off on us, so at that point we hired some [...]

Corridors of Opportunity: Glendale The Phoenix Business Journal featured 4 panelists including Bobbie Mastracci for the latest in its continuing series of real estate-focused virtual events. Highlighting key Valley cities and submarkets. The online virtual events bring together real estate sector executives, market experts and city economic development planners to look at present and future plans. This event focused on the fast-growing West Valley city of Glendale. … Click here to watch the webinar