Mexican restaurant expanding in Lexington with fast casual location near UK campus
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A family-owned Mexican restaurant is expanding in Lexington.
El Charro Authentic Mexican Cuisine, which already has two locations, is opening a third streamlined edition near the University of Kentucky campus just off South Broadway.
Flor Gonzalez said she and her parents, Martha and Armando Gonzalez, opened their first restaurant at 4371 Old Harrodsburg Rd. 11 years ago and the second one at 3090 Helmsdale Place nearly two years ago.
Now they plan to open the new El Charro Tacos and Tequila Bar at 561 S. Broadway in September. It will be where Maiden City Brewing had a restaurant and bar that closed at the end of the year. Parking is available in the adjacent lot off of Broadway and Oliver Lewis Way.
What’s on the menu at El Charro Tacos and Tequila Bar?
While the first two El Charro restaurants are full service, the taco and tequila bar will be fast casual, Flor Gonzalez said. Customers will order at the counter and then food and drinks will be brought to their tables.
The menu will be slimmed down as well, she said.
“We will focus on tacos, burritos, nachos, quesadillas and house favorites such as arroz con pollo and chimichangas,” she said.
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“We’re trying to take the top sellers at other establishments and have them at our new location,” she said. “What we already know works the best, that we can serve quickly, efficiently and with high quality.”
The bar side of the restaurant will be a tequila bar with a wide array of fresh margaritas including pineapple, watermelon, blackberry, blueberry and cucumber jalapeno.
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“We also will have other tequila-based cocktails such as Palomas and Cantaritos, which are very popular in Mexico,” she said. “And we will definitely off a wide selection of Mexican bottled and draft beer.”
El Charro Tacos & Tequila Bar
Where: 561 S. Broadway
Hours: Sunday to Wednesday 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Thursday to Saturday 11 a.m. to midnight
Online: elcharrolex.com
