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Taquero Benjamin Mondragon doesn’t fuss about whether he and his wife, Cynthia Perez, will have enough capital for their next project. He just gets started on the idea. “It will come,” Mondragon says of the money. So went the process of opening Tacos al Carbón Cabrón, their five-month-old taqueria on San Pedro Avenue in San Antonio, between the Olmos Park neighborhood and Loop 410.At first, they borrowed $15,000 to rent a long, narrow space for their restaurant. To save a bit of money on the red-and-white decor, the couple and their young children painted the walls. David Elder, host of the popular KSAT TV show Texas Eats, visited on the second day the spot was open, and posted a video about it on TikTok. By…

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