Popular family restaurant with homemade recipes expands with a 2nd Lake Norman location
Owners Faustino and Dominga Hernandez opened their second Lake Norman-area Mi Veracruz Mexican Restaurant in late December on Williamson Road off Interstate 77 exit 33 in Mooresville.
The couple’s menu features homemade recipes for its meat, beans, rice and other selections that have proven popular at their first location on North Main Street in Mooresville, Faustino Hernandez told CharlotteFive at the exit 33 location on Tuesday.
The name of the family restaurant may sound familiar to patrons of El Veracruz Mexican Restaurant in Pineville, which operated the location on North Main Street in Mooresville until the Hernandez couple bought it three years ago.
In September, CharlotteFive readers selected El Veracruz as among the most underrated restaurants in the Charlotte area.
The North Main Street location opened six years ago in a historic former Catholic missionary church that dates to 1835.
Faustino Hernandez said he previously worked as a server at La Unica in Huntersville and the former Pueblo Grande on South Broad Street in Mooresville.
He is from Puebla, Mexico, and his wife from Veracruz, Mexico.
Mi Veracruz features menu items similar to El Veracruz in Pineville, Faustino Hernandez said.
Hernandez said customer favorites at Mi Veracruz, which is open daily for lunch and dinner, include:
▪ Tres generaciones: shrimp, grilled chicken and Carne Asada served with rice, beans, guacamole and pico de gallo ($30.99).
▪ Pollo Hawaiian: grilled and marinated boneless chicken covered with a fresh-sliced poblano pepper, pineapple and melted cheese, served with Mexican rice and salad. ($14.99).
▪ Enchiladas con Mole: three chicken enchiladas with mole sauce, rice and salad ($12.99).
The exit 33 location features a large bar and four large flat-screen TVs. Karaoke nights are planned on Fridays and Saturdays, Hernandez said.
The new location seats 42 and the North Main Street location 23, he said.
The large parking lot in the Food Lion-anchored retail center was a big plus that attracted the couple to the exit 33 location, Hernandez said.
Mi Veracruz Mexican Restaurant
Location: 761 N. Main St., Mooresville NC 28115
Location: 835 Williamson Road, Mooresville NC 28117
Instagram: @miveracruzmooresville