Julian’s Todos Tacos

Mario and Natalie Benassi are back in Haines after a winter in Colorado and they’ve reopened their taco stand on Main Street. 

Julian’s Todos Tacos closed last year after Natalie Benassi had a stroke in the fall; the couple spent months in Anchorage, then  headed to an intensive speech therapy program in Denver over the winter.  

Mario Benassi said the goal has always been to reopen the stand, despite the challenges. 

“Natalie…

Rashah McChesney is a multimedia journalist and editor who has reported and edited newsrooms from the Deep South to the Midwest to Alaska. For the past decade, she has worked in collaborative news as the...