--- title: Seattle Taco Truck Opens For Business in Traffic Jam description: An overturned tanker truck closed all lanes of the freeway and a taco truck opened for business while commuters waited it out. canonical: https://time.com/4684852/taco-truck-traffic-jam/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-27T22:25:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:27.839Z og:title: Hero Taco Truck Serves Hungry Commuters Stuck in Traffic Jam og:description: It's not even taco Tuesday yet and they're already making dreams come true og:url: https://time.com/4684852/taco-truck-traffic-jam/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hero Taco Truck Serves Hungry Commuters Stuck in Traffic Jam twitter:description: It's not even taco Tuesday yet and they're already making dreams come true twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Hero Taco Truck Serves Hungry Commuters Stuck in Traffic Jam by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Feb 27, 2017 10:25 PM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Feb 27, 2017 10:25 PM CUT Not all heroes wear capes — especially for commuters in [Seattle](http://time.com/4671520/mexico-immigration-trump-daca-detention/ "undefined") stuck in a massive traffic jam Monday morning. According to [Q13 Fox](http://q13fox.com/2017/02/27/all-lanes-of-i-5-in-seattle-closed-after-tranker-truck-overturns/ "undefined"), a tanker truck carrying propane rolled over and closed all lanes of the I-5 and I-90 freeways, leaving drivers in quite the gridlock. [Tacos El Tajin](http://eltajintacos.com/about/ "undefined"), a local Seattle food truck, decided to make the best of the situation and opened for business despite the traffic closure, [reports](http://q13fox.com/2017/02/27/all-lanes-of-i-5-in-seattle-closed-after-tranker-truck-overturns/ "undefined") _Q13 Fox_. Hungry passengers praised [Tacos](http://time.com/3897703/cooking-tips-tacos/ "undefined") El Tajin. One customer posted a [photo of his burrito](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10206471823793920&set=p.10206471823793920&type=3&theater "undefined") to Facebook with the caption “It saved my life, we were starving.” Another commuter, Rachel McQuade, sent a picture and video to _Q13_ captioned, “Best business – they were very nice and happy!! They are taking debit cards!!” See the full post below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4684852/taco-truck-traffic-jam/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4684852/taco-truck-traffic-jam/"},"headline":"Hero Taco Truck Serves Hungry Commuters Stuck in Traffic Jam","datePublished":"2017-02-27T22:25:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:27.839Z","description":"It's not even Taco Tuesday","url":"https://time.com/4684852/taco-truck-traffic-jam/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink","Bizarre","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4684852/taco-truck-traffic-jam/","name":"Hero Taco Truck Serves Hungry Commuters Stuck in Traffic Jam"}}]}] ```