Don Pedro- S. Tryon Charlotte, Charlotte

Lemon-colored walls, comfy wicker chairs, floral highlights, and colorful wall murals add up to equal the welcoming dining room at Don Pedro's Mexican Restaurant. Speciality entrees include tacos al carbon, filled with tender skirt steak and livened up with salsa mexicana, as well as chile verde over pork loin with a fresh tomatillos and green peppers. There are also plenty of vegetarian options, such as enchilada popeye with spinach under a white sauce and the macho burrito with nopales and black beans. For dessert, an order of deep-fried ice cream satisfies the stomach even as it defies thermodynamic explanation.