May 29, 2024 - Food and Drink

A Richmond taco joint is expanding to Raleigh

Zachery Eanes

Logo: Courtesy of Wong's Tacos

A Richmond taco shop known for melding Asian and Mexican ingredients is expanding to Raleigh later this year.

Why it matters: Wong's Tacos, a brand from Richmond's Eat Restaurant Partners, joins a growing number of restaurants expanding to the Triangle in hopes of taking advantage of its growing population.

Other recent transplants include D.C.'s Taco Bamba, Phoenix's Postino WineCafe and Jaguar Bolera from Denver-based entrepreneur Robert Thompson.

Driving the news: Eat Restaurant Partners had been looking for a landing spot for Wong's in Raleigh for two years before settling on one near Crabtree Valley Mall, president Chris Tsui told Axios.

What to expect: A fall opening at 4251 Parklake Ave. in the GlenLake office park.

The menu features a combination of Asian and Mexican cuisines, including chorizo egg rolls, brisket boa buns, black pepper chicken fajitas and kung pao chicken tacos.
It also has a large cocktail menu with an emphasis on margaritas.

What we're watching: Wong's Tacos could be the beginning of a larger expansion into the Triangle for Eat Restaurant Partners, which has 12 restaurant brands, Tsui told Axios.

"We'd like to see how we perform there and we would like to eventually have a few more restaurants down there," he said.

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