Sky’s Gourmet Tacos gets ready for its biggest opening yet -- Hollywood Park
Barbara “Sky” Burrell knows fear: The chef, founder and owner of Sky’s Gourmet Tacos kept her restaurant running through the 1992 riots, the Northridge earthquake, the deaths of her youngest son and her fiancé, and her battle with cancer. It’s been an eventful 29 years since she launched the soul-food-inflected taco shop.
Sometimes, she said, when she’s lying awake at night — when her headspace “gets empty” — Burrell worries about the details of the restaurant and how the whole vision will take shape. Will they have enough food? Will they have enough time? The thoughts don’t intrude for long because the next morning, she’s channeling that fear into logistics and team building.
Burrell smiles while looking around during a tour of her newest location, under construction at Hollywood Park, next to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. The retail spaces are set to open in the fall of 2022. “In just that short period of time, I’d become a destination [restaurant]. ... So here comes the riots and everything shuts down,” Burrell said. “I become fearful because I’m on limited resources; two wonderful sons, but limited resources. And guess what? I kept on doing it.” Burrell began cooking free meals for people on the street during the tumult and remained open until then-president George H.W. Bush declared martial law. She quickly reopened and kept going.
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