The Buen Amigo: a new restaurant in town....
It is right across the street from the old Wilkesboro Courthouse. It bills itself as 'Latin American' and it is certainly not Mexican. The woman running the kitchen is Honduran while my waitress today was Dominican. The food then seems to be more Caribbean than Mexican.

Don't expect anything terribly fancy and I think you will enjoy it. It has only been opened a few days and service still is a bit slow, though polite. It's clearly a mom and pop type place. The food I had was excellent. First I had sopa de ris (beef soup) which turned out to be the meal in itself. Very good broth with big chunks of beef still on the bone, yucca, and carrots. It came with rice and tortillas that were slightly different style from what most Americans expect.

I also ordered Tostones, squashed fried plantain. It's a favorite at our house when MFH can find plantains that are green enough - they must be very green to fry right. These were not quite green enough but still good. I even took some to MFH while she worked and she liked them. Cubans make them, but call them tachinos.

Anyway, if you like Mexican food but would like to try something a bit different, give it a try. It deserves to be a success.