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Poquitos is a
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restaurant in with three locations in the
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. The original restaurant is located in
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neighborhood, at the intersection of 10th and Pike. Locations have subsequently opened in
Bothell Bothell () is a city in King and Snohomish counties in the U.S. state of Washington. It is part of the Seattle metropolitan area, situated near the northeast end of Lake Washington in the Eastside region. It had a population of 48,161 residen ...
(2018) and
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(2022).


Description

In 2016 and 2017, the '' Not for Tourists Guide to Seattle'' described the restaurant as "accessible, authentic Mexican using high-quality ingredients".


History

The LGBTQ-owned restaurant was opened by restaurateurs Deming Maclise and James Weimann in 2011, and its operating owners were Matt Fundingsland and Dustin Watson, as of 2014. In 2017, owners announced plans to open a second location in
Bothell Bothell () is a city in King and Snohomish counties in the U.S. state of Washington. It is part of the Seattle metropolitan area, situated near the northeast end of Lake Washington in the Eastside region. It had a population of 48,161 residen ...
. The restaurant opened in 2018. A third location opened in
Tacoma Tacoma ( ) is the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. A port city, it is situated along Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, southwest of Bellevue, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, northwest of Mount ...
in 2022.


Reception

Allecia Vermillion included the restaurant in ''
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'''s 2021 list of "The Best Restaurants on Capitol Hill".


See also

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List of Mexican restaurants This is a list of notable Mexican restaurants. Mexican cuisine is primarily a fusion of indigenous Mesoamerican cooking with European, especially Spanish cuisine, Spanish, elements added after the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in the 16th ce ...
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