Mexican Restaurants

The Mexican kitchens have divided the town neatly between them. Vallarta sits on Everett Street with fresh-squeezed margaritas and stays open late seven nights a week. Guayabitos has been family-run and scratch-made for more than a decade, the regulars order the Chori Pollo. 4 Queens has the patio, right above the Tuckasegee River, which is where you want to be on a warm evening. Between them you’re covered for a late dinner, a family sit-down, or an hour on a deck over the water.

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