El Tesoro

A cup of queso and zero worries...

El Tesoro is growing 🌵

We’re hiring for our new South Downtown location and are looking for front of house, bar staff, and back of house team members to help us build something special.

Experience recommended, but not required.

Send resumes to:
Front of House → [email protected]
Bar Staff → [email protected]
Back of House → [email protected]

Come join the team!

El Tesoro is built on a labor of love. Starting with a love of Mexican food and a passion for serving the city of Atlanta, Alan Raines worked with the Lugo-Soto family to invest in a small, dilapidated corner in Edgewood. Those original 14 seats grew quickly into spreading more love, more tinga, more mezcal, through more of our city. We currently employ 125 Atlantans, and we serve two distinct and diverse neighborhoods of Atlanta with delicious Mexican-inspired food and drinks. 

When Alan decided to open a third location, he entered into a $300,000 loan agreement with venture capitalist company Homegrown, as an Atlanta based alternative to traditional Big Banks. Homegrown is a Georgia based lender, conglomerating together local emergent entrepreneurs and bundling their debt to local investors. Unfortunately, Flock Safety is a part of the Atlanta investment community. After learning that Flock became a 1/3 investor in his loan, Alan is on a speedier-than-ever course to pay off his loan. Alan is no supporter of Flock, and is staunchly anti-ICE. We are about 25% done paying through that loan, and 19 days away from opening that third location, which will speed up the payoff even quicker.

Tesoro is resolutely focused on building Community. We are working with Organized Neighbors of Edgewood to prevent the FLOCK and police surveillance takeover of Edgewood, our OG location. We are working quickly to correct our actions, in what we believed was a community-first approach of building a great neighborhood spot in South Downtown.
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South Downtown, we’re building the team. 🌮🍹

El Tesoro’s newest location is hiring full-time front of house staff! Servers + bartenders wanted — experience recommended, but not required.

Come meet the team at our open house hiring event:
📍 170 Mitchell St SW, Atlanta, GA 30303
(LOCATED IN THE TERMINUS BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET FROM OUR NEW LOCATION)
🗓 Monday May 11 + Tuesday May 12
⏰ 11am–3pm

Bring a resume or send one to:
[email protected]

Come help us bring tacos, margaritas, and patio vibes to South Downtown. 🔥

Cinco de Mayo at el Tesoro—pull up 🇲🇽🔥

Al pastor tacos all day, specialty shots lined up, and fresh merch on deck!

Eat, sip, rep Tesoro!
See you Tomorrow!

🗓️ MAY 5TH

Cinco de Mayo is going UP next Tuesday 🇲🇽🔥

We’re pouring up our Mexican Candy shots all day at El Tesoro — sweet, spicy, and way too easy to throw back 🍉🌶

Made with jalapeño tequila + combier watermelon liqueur, it’s the shot you’ll be ordering all night long.

🎉 Tuesday = Cinco vibes
🌮 Tacos on deck
🍹 Drinks flowing

Grab your crew, pull up, and let’s celebrate the right way 💃🏽

Breakfast done right 🌞🥪

We’ve got a Torta landing on the brunch specials this weekend! Stacked with black beans, huevo a la mexicana, chorizo, and that perfectly seared cheese from El Tesoro 🔥

Crispy, cheesy, and absolutely worth it 😮‍🔥

Happy Hour is officially GREENLIT in Atlanta 🍹✅

And you already know we’re getting ready to do it right at El Tesoro 🌮🔥

Big thank you to the city and our council members for making this a win for small businesses and the community. Now we want to hear from YOU—

👇 What would you want to see on our Happy Hour menu?

Drop your dream Happy Hour lineup in the comments ⬇️
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FARM FRESH EGGS + BARBACOA = BRUNCH MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN.

We’re cooking up our brunch menu using !

featuring two brunch favorites:
🌮 Barbacoa Brunch Tacos
🌯 Barbacoa Brunch Burros

Farm eggs, slow-cooked barbacoa, fresh pico, tortillas on the griddle. That’s the move.

Meet us at Tesoro for brunch. SERVED 10AM-2PM

Patio vibes done right 🌮🔥

Pull up for dinner and run it up with:
• Birria quesadilla + rich consomé for dipping (tacos and ramen also an option!)

OR GO FOR A
• 2 taco plate — your picks, rice + beans, onions, cilantro, and lime on the side

Midday never tasted this good. Tap in and catch it while it’s hot. 🌞