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Osiris Hoyle. was one of the many in Arlington, Virginia, to run such a stand, but one of few to turn it into a successful restaurant, Jane. called District Taco. Monte Montgomery brings us this story. Here's Osiris.
My name is Osiris Hoyle. I'm from Yucatan, Mexico. And I learned how to cook with my mom every single day. she will wake me up and ask me what I wanted to eat. But of course I had to help her.
My mom, she's extremely picky, but that's why her food is so delicious. She used to send me to the yard, right? And I'll pick tomatoes, habaneros, anything that she needed for her meal. and I come with tomatoes and And she'll feels them and she's like, nope, this is not right. And I'm like, what do you mean?
It's not, it looks good. And she'll feel it. And she's like, feel it, you know, and so soft. And for me, it looked fine. You know, the same thing with limes.
She would just see it and feel it. And she's like, nope, it's not good. You have to go get more. The standards were so high. And since then, My standards are high.
In Mexico You cannot choose what kind of life you want to live. You know what I mean? I remember that I didn't know I was poor until I met rich kids. When I went to my friends, probably when I was maybe 14, 13 years old, I realized that they had the toys and games, or they have better bathrooms than we did. And then I was like, man, I think we struggle.
So when I came to the United States, I came with a tourist visa. and and I decided to stay when I was 2000. I was working as a dishwasher. You know, I was making minimum wage at that point, and I met my wife at work and she was the waitress. I needed to learn English so I can ask her out, right?
So I decided to learn this system and I used to work at this restaurant bar in Denver, Colorado. And even though I was underage, they let me stay at the bar, right? Because I was helping them with the the cake, you know, and bringing in and I wasn't drinking. But I I stay at the bar Talking to drunk people. They were my best teachers.
I remember, you know, I was asking questions like, how do you say this? And then I'll write it down. And for some reason, I think they felt important. You know what I mean? I don't know, if you're drinking every day at the bar, something's going on, right?
So they felt important. I think they liked the way that I was asking them questions and they were my best teachers. You know, I mean, the first week I thought, oh, they're gonna hate it and and no, I was I was very welcome and I did it for several years. But it got to the point where at my birthday, Jennifer Say hey, what are you doing today? You want to go for lunch?
And I was like... Yeah, I canceled everything and you know, so I went for it. I was asking her out during that time for two years, three years, I think. and and she never accepted it. For some reason, probably because.
My English wasn't that good, but I was trying, right? And since then, we got married and Now we have three kids and it was great. In 2006, we moved to DC, you know, because things were going well, and I was excited to try something new. I found this construction job that I was paying a lot more than if I was just a cook.
So that was great. You know, I took the job even though I didn't have that much experience, but the construction company saw my potential. They saw that I could do more than just be a service guy.
So they sent me to school so I can learn how to read blueprint. And for me, I start seeing the potential to Be something else than just a cook, you know, in the kitchen, something professional where I can be the superintendent for the company and I can run projects. And I felt good, everything was going well. You know, I did projects where I actually was finishing before schedule. Under budget, working my butt off, and I felt like, oh, yeah, bonuses were coming, this is great.
So we bought our house in 2007. And and then, you know, we had a a baby. Everything was going so well. But in 2008 I got laid off when the economy was really, really bad. I still remember that moment because it was on a Friday afternoon.
I was sweeping the project because everybody just was living and I like to keep my projects clean. For the weekend, and the actual owner of the company came and gave me the news. It was very emotional. I started crying. I've never been fired before.
In You know, I asked for my job back. My health insurance was through the company, and I just felt defeated. I felt not being a man anymore. demand that my parents raise a kid. you know, all these responsibilities, all my hard work.
What just happened? I didn't understand it.
So I said, Look. Just Pay me whatever you want, pay me.
Okay, just keep me on the on payroll, but keep my insurance, right? My wife, she's pregnant. We'll figure it out later, and they just couldn't keep me on. on their payroll. I took my truck, drove away, and I had to park in a parking lot.
I was actually crying that moment because how I'm gonna go to my wife right now and tell her that I just lost my job. how I'm gonna do that. I've never been prepared for these moments, right? I have a house, a kid, she's pregnant. What I'm gonna say.
So I went to her job, I said, Jenny, I need to talk to you and I I had to say I got I got laid off, I got fired. And the only thing that She came out of her mouth. She hugged me and she said, Don't worry, we'll be okay. Man, that was so powerful, you know? That was so powerful.
For six months. Seven months maybe. I was unemployed. I was looking for a construction job because I knew. I know how to read blueprints now.
But there was nothing available. I was getting depressed.
Alright. I was getting extremely depressed because I don't have a job. I'm babysitting my son. But in the weekends I will invite my friends so we can have some beers and make carnes of salads and these salsas. But my friends used to say, oh, Cyrus, this is so good.
You should bottle this, you know, and sell it. And oh my goodness. And I'm like, I'll go home and I'll tell my wife. I think we I think people like my food. We might have something going on here.
So then I was making it for Mark Wallace too. A man who would go on to have a profound impact. on Osiris's life. You know, when we move in, I remember that day when he was trying to put his play set for his kids, and I offered my help. And we became very good friends.
And he loved my food. He always said, Oh, Cyrus, we should open your restaurant. And there was one day I was drinking beer. and eating sevico with mark And he said, Hey, Osiris, do you know All the time when I go to Austin, Texas, there's always food trucks, right? And they sell this amazing Mexican food, breakfast tacos, you know, and all that.
And it's so delicious. And it's like, it turns around and it's like. Cyrus, do you do you want to do it? And I'm like Well, yeah, if you know, I mean the food truck is a lot of money, but you know, but the taco stand is only $25,000. And it's like, well.
If you want to do it, I'll give you the money. And I'm like Wait, you wanna give me the money, you know? Uh slight What person gives you that much money? First of all, I didn't finish my high school, okay? I went home.
And And I couldn't believe it, right? I talked to my wife about it. And at that point I didn't have anything else going on.
So I went back to Mark and I said Let's do it. Let's do it. And let's do it indeed. And what a story this is so far. When we come back, more from Osiris Hoyle.
and District Taco. and how that all happened. Here on Our American Story. We try to. 10 athletes will face the toughest job interview in fitness that will push past physical and and mental breaking points.
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start his own taco stand. and at the lowest point of his life. Here's Osiris. We bought the Taco Stand, you know, we name it District Taco. and it was born in 2009.
and I went straight to Rosling. Roslyn, Virginia, that was the first place we went, and I didn't do any research. The only thing I knew there were big buildings, that's all what I knew. I'm like, oh, there's big buildings, there's a lot of people here, and we're gonna be here. But there was Chipotle right next door to me, okay?
And there was Baja Fresh. All right, so I was in the middle. Man, I was like, ah, what am I doing here? I'm dead, but you know, like I said before, I'm a great sales guy and And I think I can. I can sell tacos and I make pretty good tacos.
It started to two people inside the cart. and I was the cashier. I had one full runner. One guy that was helping us, you know, and someone else that was just making sure nothing is missing. The first week We started making breakfast tacos, you know, in the morning, very early in the morning, 6 a.m., right?
And it wasn't working. You know, people around DC don't know about breakfast tacos. But in Mexico we always eat tacos with eggs. You know, so so be it, you know, and I grew up with it and But people around here prefer, you know, a bagel or a donut or you know, or I don't know, or something else, right, for breakfast. Not a breakfast tacos.
So I said, okay, well, breakfast is not helping me all the way. You know, let me start introducing what I'm really good at. For lunch, people don't wanna eat breakfast tacos, so I'm gonna start making pollo asado. The other day I was making molde poblano. Every single day I was changing the menu.
Just like how my mom would ask me, what do you want to eat today? I would change in it, right? And I figured out also, okay, I wanna make my carnesada.
So I pretty much I welded a grill. that I bought at Home Depot. You know, just like a small realm.
So I was grilling. you know, in front of people. when people walking in into their job, to their office, Man, we're grilling out there, right? We're grilling our salsas. We had a table, we were blending the salsas, you know, we're roasting our tomatoes and everything.
It was a party. Oh, my goodness Not everything you know worked perfectly for two months I wasn't making any money because I pretty much was making everything fresh.
So I was making my guacamole fresh. I was making my pico de gallo fresh.
So I was going to restaurant depot. Every single day, and I'll get back, watch the taco stand, and drop everything eat dinner with my family and then Cook whatever it takes a long time. And my refrigerator full of avocados, and my wife didn't like that very much, but she knew that that was the only option we had. Here's another thing. I used to drink.
so I can go to sleep.
So I'll have like a couple beers, right, one beer. And one night I was cooking the beans. and I turned the TV on, right? It was like 8 p.m. I fall asleep.
family was sleeping.
So around 11 o'clock I don't know about you, but when you Burned beans. I don't know if you've done this before, but it smells so bad, right? Just the smell is really bad. And I woke up and I'm like, oh my goodness, what I've done, what a waste of product, you know, it's money. And I couldn't just Burn the house, my family, you know what I'm doing, and I was pretty angry.
But at that moment, you know, I was extremely tired, extremely disappointed, right? And I was just praying because I was like, what I'm doing, I'm just wasting my time here, okay? I almost burned the house. I'm extremely tired. I'm overweight because, you know.
It's just I've been eating a lot, exercising, working. Long, long, long hours, and this is, I don't know, this is not working.
So I was praying and I said, God, just send me a message because I don't know what else to do. and then my daughter started crying. And I remember I was like Yeah. Uh I guess that's the message. I have to continue.
you know, for the family. Right, so I Tie my shoes and Get back to work. Location, location. location. It's something realtors say matters in the value of a house or a property.
But it also turns out it matters if you own, say, a food truck or a taco stand, a movable location. And it became the key to Osiris's success.
So we used to set up so early, and what we used to set up is the ABC Channel 7. We used to get there like 5:50. And the weatherman will get out, right? Start telling you about the weather and. But in there we're cooking bacon.
Right. Uh Oh man. We're cooking bacon, and I don't know about you, but when you're cooking bacon, oh, it smells so good, right?
So he always talks about us. Like at 6 a.m., it's like. He'll turn the cameras, you know, and we're like cooking bacon. saying hi, you know, and that was, oh man, that was great, great times. And things were going so good.
There were long lines to order from us. We were like six people in the tackles and working, and we probably served about 200 people. actual press. start writing about us and From being laid off to have a takistan, I think that was a wake-up call that actually it can be done. And then I, you know.
came to my Business partner Mark Wallace, and I say, Hey Mark, I think we've got something going on right here. Let's just open a restaurant. We opened the restaurant in 2010 in Arlington, Virginia. And from there, you know, we bought a lot of equipment from Craigslist.
So we pretty much build the restaurants by ourselves. but we didn't know what we were doing. I remember reviews online that said don't think because you came from a taco stand you're gonna be able to control a restaurant. But those reviews I remember I was like okay just wait I'm gonna show you. And then after a year, we felt like, okay, we have a model.
And then we hire for second store in DC. We hired contractors, okay, to build that store. But then I was like, well. You know, maybe uh maybe I should call the guys that, you know, laid me off and see if they wanna work with me.
So I went and I hired them back. It's funny because I used to be their employee and now I'm their client. Yeah, that the way how things work out, right? And from there, you know, now we have. 12 stores open and over just a little bit over 450 employees.
and we're going from there. You know, I think all my life has always been about what other people had and we didn't have and I think I'm really thankful that I didn't have it all in the beginning. And a great job, as always, to Monty Montgomery. And my goodness, what a story. And it's every immigrant story is In some ways the same, right?
From different places. This story started in Yucatan, Mexico. but learned about standards from his mom. He'd come in with a tomato from the garden and she'd just shake her head. And I know that feeling because my father, my grandfather, was a great cook and I'd go out to the garden and bring in a tomato and he'd shake his head.
And to this day I do it now to my daughter. Those standards get passed along, folks. And by the way, he said in Mexico, you can't choose the life you want to lead. And so he came to the United States first as a dishwasher. earning minimum wage, and built a family, learned a new trade.
Started that food truck thanks to the generosity of a friend. And look where we are in this story. And it's... A story that happens time and again in this great country. Osiris Hoyle's story, District Taco's story, have one if you're in DC.
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