Gangrey
Vol. I · No. 1Prolonging the Slow Death of NewspapersEst. 2026

Taquitos

'SHEATHED IN DEEP-FRIED MYSTERY'

Ben Montgomery with the last thing you'd expect to see on the front page of a major metro daily: It's nearing 1 a.m. and you're waiting outside 7-Eleven on Davis Islands for someone to buy a Go-Go Taquito so you can finally get some answers.



A couple walks in. The man veers to the cooler. Smart. Grab a Gatorade, pal. You'll need it to wash down that jalapeno and cream cheese Taquito, which is "Now Even Hotter, " as if it wasn't hot enough before. The cooler door slaps shut and he heads toward the rollers. Golden.



The woman stays up front. She's eyeing something near US Weekly. Suddenly she looks up, looks at you, right at you, in your car, your face lit in dashboard green, staring at…

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