Folsom’s most ambitious restaurant concept is shutting its doors after less than nine months in business. Its replacement: Placer County’s favorite taco joint.
High-end Northeastern Mexican restaurant Cantina Pedregal will close April 19, its operators announced Thursday. It’ll rebrand as the second location for Nixtaco , Patricio Wise and Cinthia Martinez’s acclaimed Roseville taqueria and distillery, at 185 Placerville Road, Suite 150 in Folsom Pointe shopping center.
Cantina Pedregal’s kitchen was four times the size of the original Nixtaco’s, Wise said. That’ll allow chef de cuisine Bucky Bray to keep some fine dining dishes such as steaks and shareable botanas while introducing Nixtaco’s comparatively casual fare…