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Lucero Alvarado and her mother Dolores Alverado, right, pose for a photo La Cabanita Mexican restaurant in Manahawkin, N.J. Thursday, July 15, 2021.
Lucero Alvarado and her mother Dolores Alverado, right, pose for a photo La Cabanita Mexican restaurant in Manahawkin, N.J. Thursday, July 15, 2021.Read moreJOSE F. MORENO / Staff Photographer

La Cabañita Mexican Restaurant

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Says critic Craig LaBan: “Dolores Alvarado’s charming, flower-fringed building is a destination for bountiful platters reminiscent of her native Veracruz, including stellar shrimp cocktail, flaky masa empanadas, and a molcajete overflowing with fresh chorizo and tender carnitas bathed in her signature green salsa, all served with velvety handmade tortillas. Clemmy’s chef Allen Walski says La Cabañita is his go-to for birria.”

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Restaurant Details

621 East Bay Ave., Manahawkin, NJ, 08050
https://lacabanitarestaurantnj.com/
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