The following column by Greg Cox (Epicurean) was published in the News & Observer on March 19:
Eatery offers traditional Mexican
Rodolfo San Juan and Azalea Villalobos, the husband-and-wife team who opened El Sabor de Oaxaca (226 E. Main St.; 359-1477) two weeks ago in Clayton, don't call the food they serve "authentic." They argue, with some justification, that the term has been so abused by countless Tex-Mex eateries as to be virtually meaningless. Instead, the couple use the term "traditional" when referring to the food at the area's first restaurant specializing in Oaxacan cuisine. And they ought to know what they're talking about. San Juan and Villalobos both hail from the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, where they owned a restaurant, and where San Juan's family has been in the business for generations.
Rodolfo San Juan and Azalea Villalobos, the husband-and-wife team who opened El Sabor de Oaxaca (226 E. Main St.; 359-1477) two weeks ago in Clayton, don't call the food they serve "authentic." They argue, with some justification, that the term has been so abused by countless Tex-Mex eateries as to be virtually meaningless. Instead, the couple use the term "traditional" when referring to the food at the area's first restaurant specializing in Oaxacan cuisine. And they ought to know what they're talking about. San Juan and Villalobos both hail from the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, where they owned a restaurant, and where San Juan's family has been in the business for generations.
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