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"Since opening in March of 2020, I’ve seen Fonda Lupita quickly become one of the most talked-about restaurants in North Carolina: owner Biridiana Frausto assembled an all-women team of family and friends to recreate her mother Lupita’s cherished homestyle Mexican recipes, turning flavorful stews of pork, chicken, beef, and more into quesabirria tacos, gorditas, and tortas. The weekend menudo — a stew of beef, tripe, and hominy — often has customers lining up before the restaurant opens, and Frausto plans to move to a larger space in 2022 while remaining in Sanford, where the restaurant has helped put the town’s Mexican-American heritage and restaurant scene on the map." - Eater Staff