Led by owner Tilman Fertitta, the Houston Rockets are extending their recent initiative of providing “Taco Tuesday” lunches for city personnel who are helping mitigate the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
For three straight Tuesdays, Rockets staffers have accompanied the “Taco Me Crazy” food truck to provide free lunches to essential employees. The truck operates from Fertitta’s local Cadillac Bar restaurant.
This Tuesday, the Rockets provided lunch to Metropolitan Transit Authority bus operators (METRO) at the Houston Medical Center, as a means of showing appreciation for their transport of healthcare workers.
Jerome Gray, executive vice president at METRO and chief communications officer, said in a video:
For the Houston Rockets and the Tilman Fertitta group to come forward in this way to show appreciation means so much to these operators and so much to the entire METRO organization.
It’s an acknowledgement… a ‘thank you’ to essential services and essential employees who might not otherwise get recognized.
Earlier ‘Taco Tuesday’ visits by the Rockets have included the Houston Food Bank and the Houston Emergency Center.
