If you like fast-casual Mexican fare—think Chipotle with more sex appeal, a bigger menu and a touch of SoBe-SoCal flash—then keep your taste buds peeled for the debut of Lime Fresh Mexican Grill.
Slated to open this spring in the Shadowood Square shopping mall on Glades Road just east of the turnpike, it will mark the chain’s first Palm Beach location after debuting in 2004 on Alton Road in South Beach. Founder John Kunkel (who now owns the 50 Eggs restaurant group in Miami) built the concept to a dozen or so outlets, then sold it to the Ruby Tuesday folks, who’ve embarked on a major expansion.
The menu is all the usual Mexican culinary suspects—nachos, tacos, quesadillas, fajitas, burritos and the like—with a display of cold beer and a roster of hot sauces, plus a trio of desserts. I hit up the Alton Road Lime not long after it opened and thought the place was a gas and the food was pretty good. I’m curious to see what Ruby Tuesdays has done with it.
