When Off the Menu spoke to owner Kurt Eller on Wednesday, he said he was feeling “really good” about the reopening following a soft-opening service on Tuesday.

“The people here, a lot of them new, just pulled it together, and (the soft opening) was a huge success,” Eller said.

Taco Buddha returns with a new executive chef, Jeff Friesen, who has worked at Farmhaus, Sugarfire Smoke House and Juniper.

“We're keeping basically the same menu,” Eller said, though he added Friesen has made dishes “more consistent and changed up some of the ingredients to where they make better sense.”