Taco Guild’s previous life was originally constructed as a Methodist Church institutionalized in the cornerstone dated 1893 (before Arizona was even a state) and another from its renewal in 1955 after a few decades of disuse following a fire in 1911 — are commemorated in shadow boxes of memorabilia and photo arrays. The church’s stained-glass windows dominate the main dining room, permeating it with warmth and color. The untouched look of some of the lower window panels, though, is the result of careful and creative artistry in finishing a formerly hidden section of their wall. And the fact that the bar evokes the sense of an altar is no accident, either.
