Wong's Tacos, which melds Asian and Mexican ingredients, is expanding to Raleigh

A Richmond taco shop known for melding Asian and Mexican ingredients is expanding to Raleigh later this year.

Why it matters: Wong's Tacos , a brand from Richmond's Eat Restaurant Partners , joins a growing number of restaurants expanding to the Triangle in hopes of taking advantage of its growing population.

• Other recent transplants include D.C.'s Taco Bamba , Phoenix's Postino WineCafe and Jaguar Bolera from Denver-based entrepreneur Robert Thompson.

Driving the news: Eat Restaurant Partners had been looking for a landing spot for Wong's in Raleigh for two years before settling on one near Crabtree Valley Mall, president Chris Tsui told Axios.

What to expect: A fall opening at 4251 Parklake Ave. in the GlenLake office park.

• The menu features a combination of Asian and Mexican cuisines, including chorizo egg rolls, brisket boa buns, black pepper chicken fajitas and kung pao chicken tacos.
• It also has a large cocktail menu with an emphasis on margaritas.

What we're watching: Wong's Tacos could be the beginning of a larger expansion into the Triangle for Eat Restaurant Partners, which has 12 restaurant brands, Tsui told Axios.

• "We'd like to see how we perform there and we would like to eventually have a few more restaurants down there," he said.