Restaurants & Bars

New Mexican Restaurant Opens This Week In Forked River

The owners of La Catrina, Lacey's newest authentic Mexican restaurant, shared that the spot will open this Friday, Dec. 9.

LACEY, NJ — Ready for authentic Mexican food? Forked River's newest Mexican spot, La Catrina, will be officially opening this Friday, Dec. 9.

The owners of Little Italy Pizza announced the news on social media. The Italian spot previously called La Catrina their "new partnership."

"We can't wait to see everyone there this Friday and for everyone to try real authentic Mexican food," Little Italy said.

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La Catrina will be located at 17 Lacey Rd., where Anthony's Seafood was up until it closed earlier this year. It is next door to Little Italy.

It joins the recently-opened Taco-Tastic in Lanoka Harbor, along with Quesadilla Doña Meche and Tacoholics as Lacey's Mexican restaurants, plus Mexican-adjacent chains Surf Taco, Chipotle and Taco Bell.

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