Popular North Carolina Restaurant Closes After a Decade

For about a decade, Bakersfield Tacos restaurant served Mexican food to Charlotte, NC, residents.

Over the years, the restaurant established a reputation as one of the city's most popular Mexican restaurants, according to the Charlotte Observer.

Now the restaurant is closing, the newspaper reported.

WSOC-TV reporter Joe Bruno broke the news, writing on X, "Just got off the phone with Bakersfield in Dilworth and a worker confirmed to me the restaurant is indeed closing for good. Last night of service is Friday. I wasn't given a reason for the closure."

That television station reported that the restaurant is one of several to leave the area in recent years.

In March, the neighborhood also lost JJ’s Red Hots and Lebowski’s Neighborhood Grill & Sport Bar, according to WSOC-TV. The restaurant was known for its "Mexican street fare" and tequila.

"Serving up authentic, Mexican street fare, and a selection of over 100 tequilas and American whiskeys. Bakersfield is a spot where the food is simple, the service is warm and the atmosphere is alive," its website says. The website lists six other locations but does not list the Charlotte-area restaurant anymore.

The chain announced the Dilworth restaurant in 2014.

"Mexican eatery and bar Bakersfield plans to open in Charlotte's Dilworth neighborhood in early summer," the website still says. "Construction of the 4,000-square-foot restaurant — named Bakersfield East Boulevard — is slated to begin any day, says Alex Blust, one of the owners," it adds.

"It will be at 1301 East Boulevard, the former site of Longboards Tap and Taco. Longboards closed last fall."

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