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. State Liquor Authority records show a company called Taty's LLC, doing business as Taty's Tacos & Margaritas, holds a temporary permit for the address as of August 18, with a full restaurant liquor license application working its way through the system behind it.

What the paperwork says

The trail in the state's license data is short and clear. Taty's LLC filed its application for a full on premises restaurant license on July 15. On August 18 the Liquor Authority issued the company a temporary retail permit, effective the same day and running to February 14, 2027.

That second document is the interesting one. A temporary permit exists for exactly one reason: so a finished restaurant does not have to sit dark for the months a full license review can take. It lets a new operator open the doors and pour legally while the paperwork grinds on. A business that requests one 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, operating most recently under a liquor license effective in the fall of 2024. That run has ended. The license held by Me'Lore's operating company is now listed as inactive in state records, surrendered with a year still left on it, and the restaurant is marked closed on the major review platforms.

A surrendered license and a fresh application at the same address is how a changing of the guard looks in public records, usually months before a sign changes. In this case the succession is unusually tidy: the old license went dark, the new application arrived in July, and the temporary permit landed 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. The license class it applied for, a full restaurant on premises license, points at a real dining room rather than a takeout window, and the margaritas half of the name requires exactly the license it is pursuing.

That silence is normal for this stage. Restaurants tend to file their state paperwork first and build their Instagram presence in the weeks before opening. The permit dated August 18 is the strongest signal in the file: nobody pays for the right to pour drinks 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 state permission to pour already in hand.

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 the public record already guarantees is this: the old Me'Lore corner is not staying dark, the new tenant sells tacos and margaritas, and the state has already handed it permission to start. Keep an eye on 3303B Long Beach Road. Places holding a fresh temporary permit in August tend to be pouring by the time the holidays arrive.