Food and Drink

Fresh tacos, aquas frescas + more are coming to Birkdale Village in Lake Norman tonight

Bartaco offers street food including tacos and rice bowls.
Bartaco offers street food including tacos and rice bowls.

Bartaco, a restaurant focused on upscale street food and specialty cocktails, is opening its third North Carolina location in Lake Norman for dinner service tonight, Wednesday, Feb. 21.

The 3,400-square-foot, full-service restaurant is situated across from the Grove at the Birkdale Village shopping center. The restaurant’s other locations in North Carolina are in Chapel Hill and Raleigh.

The food: The menu is separated into tacos, “not tacos” and rice bowls.

Taco choices: include baja fish, seared chorizo, spiced chicken verde and mushroom. One very important thing to note here: You can’t get individual tacos delivered. (Corn tortillas and Bibb lettuce shells don’t travel well.) You can, however, order a taco pack with four to eight tacos with your choice of protein or mushrooms and 4” corn tortillas or Bibb lettuce shells with assembly and reheating required.

Bartaco is opening at 16916 Birkdale Commons Pkwy., in Huntersville’s Birkdale Village.
Bartaco is opening at 16916 Birkdale Commons Pkwy., in Huntersville’s Birkdale Village. Bartaco

Rice bowl options: You choose among spiced chicken verde, chorizo, mushroom and cauliflower.

What’s considered “not tacos”?: Ceviche, tuna poke and the like. Sides such as guacamole, chips and salsa are also sold separately.

The drinks: Expect a Latin flair in the drink menu, as well. You’ll find bottled Mexican Coke, along with aguas frescas, freshly squeezed lemonade and limeade.

Bartaco’s drink offerings include aguas frescas and freshly squeezed lemonade and limeade.
Bartaco’s drink offerings include aguas frescas and freshly squeezed lemonade and limeade. Bartaco

Bartaco

Location: 16916 Birkdale Commons Pkwy., Huntersville, NC 28078

Menu

Cuisine: Latin, street food, tacos

Instagram: @bartacolife

This story was originally published January 27, 2023 at 3:48 PM.

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