Tucked away

in the Banks Station Shopping Center is Fayetteville's

newest Mexican restaurant, La Fiesta.

Evidently,

the residents of the city are enraptured by Mexican

cuisine because La Fiesta is now the fifth Mexican eatery

to call Fayetteville home.

The

restaurant is a chain and has eight other links scattered

throughout the metro area. You don't expand rapidly

without doing something well, and the food at La Fiesta

is worthy of a trip.

At lunch,

the restaurant features a buffet with traditional Mexican

dishes such as tacos, mixed in with old friends like

barbecued chicken.

The

restaurant also features a "Gringo" burger for

folks who are not inclined to take a trip south of the

border.

Other items

on the menu include a round-up of the usual suspects such

as burritos, chimichangas and quesadillas.

The

interior of the restaurant is festooned with Mexican

adornments and the staff is friendly and helpful.

La Fiesta's

food is good, but I think we have now reached our quota

of Mexican restaurants in the county.

With more

than 90,000 folks now calling Fayette home, I think it's

time for an adventurous restaurateur to bring a new type

of restaurant to town.

constantly hear people clamoring for different food, and

I think the population could support a good Thai or

Vietnamese restaurant.

Several

restaurants are under construction, including Applebee's

and Malone's, but I believe we're ready for something

more.

What type

of restaurant would you like to see come to town?

Drop an

e-mail or suggestion to the paper and we'll publish the

results in the next edition of the Dining Guide.

It's time

for the residents to vent on the food choices in town and

I'm sure entrepreneurs would be interested to see the

results.

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