- Hours: Tuesday - Saturdays: hours vary according to location
- Telephone: 512-761-3241
- Website: www.thepeachedtortilla.com / Facebook: The Peached Tortilla / Twitter: peached tortilla
- Cuisine: Fusion Tacos
The Peached Tortilla is former lawyer Eric Silverstein’s mobile truck that is serving gourmet asian/southern fusion through the medium of street food. Born in Japan, and having traveled thoroughly around Asia, Eric was exposed to a variety of cultures and cuisines. At the age of ten, he moved to Atlanta, Georgia which offered a new range of ingredients and flavors. “When I started that concept made sense to mingle those two cultures,” says Eric. His personal favorite item on the menu is the Banhmi taco, which uses pork belly that is brined and braised served with a pickled daikon carrot salad with sirracha mayo and cilantro.I asked Eric to explain the name, the Peached Tortilla, and he said, “It originates from Georgia roots because it’s the peach state. The word “peached” is something that allows you to define it yourself. To us, ‘peached’ is to get flavor smitten – we want people to get ‘peached’. The tortilla ties in with tacos. We also want to separate ourselves out from corporate America and this name was one way to do that. “
Eric represents the rebel version of entrepreneurs who aren’t satisfied working for someone else. After discussing a new city with his girlfriend and much research on his concept, Eric quit his job and three weeks later they moved to Austin and opened the Peached Tortilla. Why Austin? “We felt like it was a really open minded city open to eating from a food truck. There was already a tremendous amount of growth in trailer food industry, the city is growing, the economy is doing well, my concept is different and Austin likes different.” Currently, Eric is dishing up his gourmet fusion at multiple locations.
