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Vida taco is a taco restaurant located in Duncan. Rated 4.8 stars from 287 Google reviews.

Holy Mōlli comes from Luis and Lydia Stark, a married couple who built the menu around Sinaloa, the coastal Mexican state they came from, where fresh seafood, ranch meat, and bright vegetables shape the cooking. The name plays on mole, and it hints at the whole idea here: take Sinaloan food and let it wander into other cuisines. The clearest example is the Mexican sushi roll, an oversized roll packed with Mexican fillings, fried and sliced, lifted straight from the roadside sushi stands the Starks grew up around back home. Ordering runs along a build-your-own line that anyone who has done fast-casual will recognize, though the fillings get specific: chicken plain or spicy, steak, shrimp, grilled veggies, or tofu, folded into burritos, bowls, tacos, nachos, and quesadillas. The mōlli sauces are where the name earns itself, with chipotle, mushroom, and chocolate versions that regulars tend to have strong opinions about. Beyond the line, birria and birria tacos have become their own draw, and guests keep coming back for the mole, the quesadillas, and the queso. It is also one of the few kitchens on this stretch of downtown still serving well past midnight on weekends, which makes it a natural landing spot after a night out on Main. Which mōlli you turn loyal to, and whether you go sushi roll or birria the first time, is the kind of thing you settle a plate at a time.

Tenango’s Mexican Restaurant 3 INC is a restaurant located in Duncan. Rated 4.8 stars from 258 Google reviews.

Tipsy Taco is a restaurant located in Duncan. Rated 4.3 stars from 368 Google reviews.

Laid-back hangout known for choice margaritas & upmarket, contemporary tacos & Mexican entrees.

Tucked into a small storefront on Pendleton Street in West Greenville, this is a Colombian breakfast-and-lunch counter built around one thing done well: the empanada. The shells are made from corn masa, formed and fried to order, which means the whole empanada lineup is naturally gluten free, a detail that has quietly turned it into a regular stop for people who assumed fried street food was off the table. The fillings run Colombian and generous: seasoned beef, beef with lemon, beef and jalapeño, chicken, chorizo, cheese, and a guava-and-cream-cheese version that sits somewhere between snack and dessert. Each comes with a rotating set of house dipping sauces that regulars treat as half the point. Past the empanadas, the case fills out with pandebono, guava and coconut pastries, crispy tequeños, and Colombian fruit juices you can order blended with either water or milk. The other thing people order without thinking is the bombón, an espresso poured over sweetened condensed milk, about as Colombian a way to start a morning as you will find in the Upstate. It has built a real following for food that Colombian customers say tastes like home, served quickly and warmly in a room that seats only a handful. Half the fun of a first visit is working out which filling and which sauce become your usual, because everyone who keeps coming back has landed on a pairing they order every time.

Matador Greenville is a bar located in Greenville. Rated 4.5 stars from 558 Google reviews.