Long drives on the East Coast have a way of shrinking dinner choices down to the same drive-thru menus, exit after exit. For travelers who eat halal, the list gets even shorter, and Mexican food rarely makes the cut.
That is exactly why a small, family-owned restaurant just south of Richmond has quietly become a detour worth planning around. Folks heading between New York, Washington DC, and the Carolinas are pulling off the highway for birria tacos, pupusas, and churros made fully halal.
The spot sits on a busy stretch of US Route 1, in a building that once had a very different life. Inside, the menu mixes Mexican and Salvadoran favorites with a few surprises…