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Travis Miller said they will likely move Toro Loco to the Boulevard Barbecue area, which housed the Serial Grillers brothers’ first pizza and sandwich restaurant, before teaming up with Red Desert Barbecue pitmaster Martin.

Boulevard Barbecue had been in the works since early 2019 but was delayed when the Millers worked to open their Express Grillers location in Marana. Located off Interstate 10 and West Cortaro Farms Road, this restaurant opened in February 2020.

Travis Miller said they hope to move Toro Loco to the Broadway location later this year after earning $ 20,000 to $ 30,000 in upgrades to the 3,700 square foot space.

Toro Loco, which the Millers opened in summer 2019, has already outgrown the 1,200 square meter space in 7940 E. Broadway and the brothers had thought about a bigger area. Moving to Boulevard Barbecue will potentially save them hundreds of thousands of dollars, Miller said, citing the $ 400,000 the brothers paid to build the 4605 E. Speedway, where they opened Transplant in August.

The Millers, who opened their first Serial Grillers restaurant in 2013 after running it as a food truck for a year, also own Craft, A Modern Drinkery taproom next to Transplant.

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