The Full Story

Growing up in the bright Miami sun, Brenda Bueno enjoyed the coastal breeze across her father’s boat brought with it big skies and big dreams. In 1996 Robert “Bob” Thomas stayed in Miami visiting an uncle for the summer and took work helping Brenda’s father refinish a large, blue fishing schooner named “The Reel.” Bob returned to Miami in 2011 and soon Brenda and Bob would cross paths through their love of fresh local seafood.

Within six months, Brenda and Bob were married at the Miami Vineyard Community Church. They honeymooned at the Hotel del Coronado, located ten minutes from downtown San Diego, on the southern coast of California. They tested the best fish tacos along Mission Beach. They loved the sunsets, energy, and mixed flavors and people of San Diego and there, under setting suns and rising stars, a spark of imagination ignited a new dream. The two combined

their love for ocean fresh fish, ripe organic tastes, and their warm memories of grilled fish wrapped in fresh corn tortillas, to create the concept of Reel Deal Tacos.

The Reel Deal food truck begins each day at the markets of the coastal docks and locally grown certified organic farms to sell only the freshest catch and organic foods to friends and customers. The truck currently schedules stops throughout San Diego at the San Diego Zoo, UC San Diego, San Diego State University, the famous Hotel Del Coronado, and the Downtown Gaslamp District. Reel Deal Taco serves only the freshest ingredients and can be found wherever fresh ideas, ocean breezes, and sunshine are abundant.