The storefront at 3303B Long Beach Road in Oceanside, the one that spent the last two years as the chef driven dinner spot Me'Lore, is getting its next act, and this one comes with a frozen margarita machine implied right in the name. A company called Taty's LLC, doing business as Taty's Tacos & Margaritas, has taken over the address, and as of August 18 it is able to pour the moment it opens the doors.

What we know so far

The trail is short and clear. Taty's committed to the space in mid-July, and by August 18 it had everything in place to open and start serving drinks, good through the winter and beyond.

That speed is the interesting part. An operator does not race to get a bar ready in a space that is months from finished. A business that moves this fast is a business that is ready to open, or very close to it. Taty's can start serving margaritas in Oceanside any day it chooses to.

The corner it is taking over

Long Beach Road is Oceanside's main street in everything but name, and 3303B has been a restaurant address for years. Most recently it was Me'Lore, a small chef owned place serving a seasonal menu that had run the corner since the fall of 2024. That run has ended. Me'Lore wound down the operation earlier than it had once planned, and the restaurant is marked closed on the major review platforms.

An old tenant winding down and a new one moving in at the same address is how a changing of the guard looks, usually months before a sign changes. In this case the succession is unusually tidy: Me'Lore went dark, Taty's committed to the space in July, and the last pieces fell into place this week.

What we know about Taty's, and what we do not

Here is the honest state of things: the name is nearly all there is so far. Taty's Tacos & Margaritas has no website yet, no menu posted, and no social media presence that has surfaced. The company has not announced its owners, its opening date or what kind of taco operation it intends to be, whether that is a quick counter, a full sit down cantina or something in between. What is clear is the shape of the plan: a real dining room rather than a takeout window, and a full bar capable of doing justice to the margaritas half of the name.

That silence is normal for this stage. Restaurants tend to put the business essentials in place first and build their Instagram presence in the weeks before opening. The August 18 date is the strongest signal there is: nobody stands up a working bar in a space they are not nearly ready to use.

What it means for Oceanside

Oceanside eats well for a hamlet its size, and a restaurant address going dark on Long Beach Road is the kind of thing neighbors notice on every drive past. The better news here is the speed: instead of a for lease sign aging in the window through the winter, the space has a named tenant, a concept a reader understands in three words, and a bar ready to pour.

The things a reader actually wants to know, the opening date, the menu, who Taty is, are all still to come, and the answers now sit with the business itself. What is already certain is this: the old Me'Lore corner is not staying dark, the new tenant sells tacos and margaritas, and it can start pouring whenever it is ready. Keep an eye on 3303B Long Beach Road. Places that get this far in August tend to be pouring by the time the holidays arrive.