Taco Azul Expands Partnership with Bilt to Connect Its Restaurant with Local Communities and Create New Guest Experiences Through Bilt Neighborhood OS

Through an expanded partnership powered by Bilt Neighborhood OS, Taco Azul will connect its restaurant to nearby residential communities, offices, hotels, and sports fans to reach new guests, unlock neighborhood spending power, and deliver personalized dining experiences

BOSTON, MA — Nov. 10, 2026 — Taco Azul, the Boston coastal Mexican restaurant founded by Dan Leyva, a Forbes 30 Under 30 Food & Drink honoree, today announced an expanded partnership with Bilt, the neighborhood commerce and rewards platform, to deepen its connection with new guests and the surrounding community through the Bilt Neighborhood. Building on their existing relationship, the expanded partnership brings Bilt Neighborhood OS™, an AI operating system that helps businesses grow by reaching new customers and building loyalty through personalized experiences in their neighborhood, to Taco Azul.

Taco Azul has built its business around creating memorable experiences through delicious coastal Mexican cuisine and warm, welcoming hospitality in the heart of Boston. Through Bilt Neighborhood OS, Taco Azul will build on that foundation by creating new ways to connect with local residents, office workers, hotel guests, and sports fans, reaching new customers while delivering more personalized dining experiences.

Through the expanded partnership, Taco Azul will be able to:

• Reach new guests through neighborhood channels: Connect with Bilt’s growing network spanning 1 in 4 U.S. apartment buildings and more than 50,000 merchant partners, creating new opportunities to reach residents, office workers, hotel guests, and sports fans throughout the neighborhood.

• Tap into neighborhood spending power: Bring incremental spending into the restaurant by enabling eligible customers to use credits, rewards, and benefits made available through Bilt’s residential, office, hotel, and sports partners.

• Create experiences at the moments that matter: Welcome residents who have just moved into the neighborhood, bring fans together around game day, or create personalized dining experiences for local professionals and hotel guests.

Beyond reaching new guests, the expanded partnership will help Taco Azul build stronger, lasting customer relationships by connecting Bilt Neighborhood OS with its existing restaurant systems. This will create new opportunities to recognize returning guests, deliver relevant benefits, and build loyalty that extends beyond any single visit.

Bilt’s AI agents work across participating businesses’ existing systems to help enable more seamless guest recognition, personalized offers, and connected hospitality experiences. For Taco Azul, this could mean welcoming a new neighborhood resident with an invitation to discover the restaurant or recognizing a returning guest with a personalized benefit that gives them another reason to visit. The partnership is designed to make hospitality more personal while supporting restaurant teams through the systems they already use.

The expanded partnership also builds on Bilt’s broader membership ecosystem, through which billions of credits from merchants help connect members with benefits and experiences at participating neighborhood businesses.

“Taco Azul is proud to be a part of the Boston community, so we’re always looking for new ways to connect with our guests,” said Dan Leyva, Founder and CEO of Taco Azul. “Expanding our partnership with Bilt through Neighborhood OS allows us to connect with and serve guests better than ever before. We can better personalize every visit and ensure every guest receives the perfect Taco Azul experience. Bilt allows us to streamline and manage loyalty, perks, special requests, and many new touchpoints that were previously handled manually. We can’t imagine operating without Bilt.”

“We believe restaurants should be at the center of the neighborhood economy, connected to the people, homes, and businesses around them,” said Ankur Jain, Founder and CEO of Bilt. “Our partnership with Taco Azul is about making that connection real. Through Neighborhood OS, we’re connecting the restaurant with Bilt’s residential network and creating new opportunities to reach guests, drive revenue, and build lasting relationships. It’s a fundamentally different way for restaurants to grow, one that starts with the neighborhood and extends through every guest relationship.”

Bilt’s inaugural State of the Neighborhood Study, conducted with 451 Research by S&P Global, found that two-thirds of U.S. consumers do at least 80% of their everyday spending within 15 miles of their home. Dining is a big part of that: at a median spend of $175 per month among respondents, it’s the second-highest everyday spending category after groceries, and it’s almost entirely in-person. The study also found that 95% of consumers say they would try a local business if they could earn rewards there.

The partnership began rolling out at Taco Azul in Boston’s Beacon Hill neighborhood earlier this year and is now expanding through Bilt Neighborhood OS, creating new opportunities to connect the restaurant with nearby customers and deliver personalized guest experiences.

Together, Taco Azul and Bilt are building on their existing partnership to create a more connected neighborhood dining experience, where the restaurant can grow through the community around it and guests can enjoy more value, recognition, and personalized hospitality.

About Taco Azul

Taco Azul is Boston’s coastal Mexican restaurant located in the historic Beacon Hill neighborhood. Founded by Dan Leyva in October 2024, Taco Azul specializes in house-made blue corn tortillas, fresh guacamole, burritos, tacos, and margaritas.

Rooted in service and hospitality, Taco Azul’s goal is to create smiles and memories through its guac, tacos, and margaritas.

For more information, visit www.tacoazul.com and order online at www.order.eatazul.com.

About Bilt

Launched in 2021, Bilt is the membership for where you live and the Neighborhood Operating System (OS) powering everything around it. More than 8.2 million members use Bilt to earn rewards on housing payments, build a path to homeownership, and redeem the highest value rewards currency on the market across travel, dining, fitness, sports, and more. With Neighborhood OS™, the AI platform to help businesses grow through the neighborhood, Bilt connects multifamily property managers, travel advisors, sports organizations, and more than 50,000 merchants nationwide with nearby customers. Bilt powers 1 in 4 U.S. apartment buildings, including those in the Bilt Alliance, built with some of the nation’s largest owners and operators. For more information, visit www.bilt.com and download the Bilt app.