Torchy's Tacos: Mike Rypka

We were on a little spot on Fifth Street and the landlord there he never gave us a contract for what he wanted for rent. Like we had kept coming to him and asking him like, Hey, we need to figure something out. We don't wanna stay here for free. We gotta pay you something like help us out and he gave us some crazy like ten or fifteen thousand dollar bill that we had no clue was even coming. And he's like, Well you got two days to pay it or you're out of here and Wow. We didn't have the ten or fifteen grand to pay him And he literally just cut off our electricity in the middle of lunch. He just came and w what do you mean he c he like pulled the plug? Now he

Came with one of his guys and Use bolt cutters and literally Cut off the power.

Welcome to How I Built This, a show about innovators, entrepreneurs, idealists, and the stories behind the movements. I'm Guy Roz, and on the show today, how Mike Ripka went from dropping out of high school and dodging drug dealers. Baddest taco chains in America.

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