{"id":5569,"date":"2013-01-30T09:35:42","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T14:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/alumni\/?p=5569"},"modified":"2013-01-30T09:35:42","modified_gmt":"2013-01-30T14:35:42","slug":"gabe-sowder-97-aka-taco-punk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/2013\/01\/30\/gabe-sowder-97-aka-taco-punk\/","title":{"rendered":"Gabe Sowder \u201997 \u2013 aka Taco Punk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During his Wabash years, Gabe Sowder \u201897\u00a0worked in restaurants, and after graduation the English major\/aspiring writer decided the food business was to be his career.\u00a0 He traveled, honed his chef skills in various restaurants, and then returned to his hometown of Jeffersonville, IN.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/alumni\/files\/2013\/01\/taco-punk.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5570\" title=\"taco punk\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/alumni\/files\/2013\/01\/taco-punk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"281\" height=\"62\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In January 2012 he opened his first restaurant, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tacopunk.com\/\">Taco Punk<\/a>, in Louisville\u2019s NuLu district.\u00a0 It became a family affair when his five year old son helped name the restaurant after\u00a0a nickname for his dad!\u00a0 Gabe was recently featured in the winter issue of <em>Food and Dining<\/em> and on <em>Secrets of Louisville Chefs Live<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0Taco Punk&#8217;s style is\u00a0quality food served in a casual atmosphere.\u00a0 Gabe\u2019s passion is\u00a0local food sourcing, recycling and composting for the environment, and support of community programs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/alumni\/files\/2013\/01\/gabe-sowder.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5574\" title=\"gabe sowder\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/alumni\/files\/2013\/01\/gabe-sowder.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"260\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The next time you\u2019re in the Louisville area, stop by Taco Punk for a taco \u2013 or two!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During his Wabash years, Gabe Sowder \u201897\u00a0worked in restaurants, and after graduation the English major\/aspiring writer decided the food business was to be his career.\u00a0 He traveled, honed his chef skills in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"w_featured_image_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5569\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}