Chef Hector Gonzalez-Mora's colorful South End mezcalería and gastro-cantina — 200+ agave-based spirits from beverage director Henry Schmulling, a playful menu with tacos, truffle corn dip, hamachi to...
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Maiz Agua Sal
Mexican · West Charlotte
A Mexican masa-forward West Charlotte restaurant — heirloom-corn tortillas pressed to order, regional moles, and a tight menu built around the three ingredients in its name.
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Noche Bruta
Mexican / Latin American · Camp North End
A mezcal- and agave-forward Latin American restaurant at Camp North End — a moody, candlelit dining room serving a tight menu of modern Mexican dishes and a serious spirits program.
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Superica
Tex-Mex · South End
Chef Ford Fry's Tex-Mex room in South End — Oaxacan tile floors, a margarita program built around a deep agave list, and a kitchen that takes Tex-Mex seriously.
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Buho
Mexican / Rooftop · Uptown
An Uptown rooftop Mexican concept with mezcal-forward cocktails and a wood-fired menu — a buzzy after-work scene and one of the city's highest-volume agave programs.
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Cabo Fish Taco
Mexican / Seafood · NoDa · NoDa institution since 2007
NoDa's longstanding Baja-style fish-taco institution — blackened mahi tacos, sweet-potato fries, and a wraparound patio that anchored the arts district through its rebuild.
Frank Scibelli's Mexican-tequila restaurant in SouthPark — a Tex-Mex-leaning menu, a long agave list, and one of the better casual patios in the SouthPark restaurant strip.
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Puerta
Mexican · Plaza Midwood · 1957 Hospitality Group concept
1957 Hospitality's Mexican restaurant in Plaza Midwood — a masa-forward menu, a long agave program, and a moody dining room from the team behind The Crunkleton and Cheat's.
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Tacos El Flacko
Mexican / Tacos · South End
A taqueria on South Boulevard — birria, al pastor, and a tight late-night taco lineup in a casual room.
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Three Amigos
Mexican · Concord · Raydal Hospitality Group concept
Raydal Hospitality's longstanding Mexican restaurant in Concord — a deep tequila program, fajita-and-margarita combos, and one of the longest-running family Mexican rooms in the north-metro corridor.