A fast-growing Columbia area Mexican restaurant chain will open in this new spot
A growing Midlands Mexican restaurant brand is bringing a new location to a busy local road.
Que! Bueno Mexican Bar & Grill will open at 4420 Devine St. on Tuesday, April 29, according to a message from the restaurant. That’s just east of Beltline Boulevard and just west of Fort Jackson Boulevard.
The Devine Street restaurant is billing itself on social media and on the company’s website as “Que Bueno Mexican Bar & Grill Forest Acres.” The location is about a mile and a half south of Forest Acres proper. Que! Bueno’s signage has gone up on the building.
The property at 4420 Devine St. was formerly home to a Barrio Tacos + Tequila location, which closed in December.
Que! Bueno is a blossoming Mexican restaurant brand in the Midlands area. In 2022, it debuted a location at 7320 Broad River Road in Irmo, in the popular Kennerly Crossing shopping center that includes a Publix. Then, in 2023, it opened a location at 407 North Lake Drive in Lexington, just off downtown.
While the Irmo and Lexington spots are traditional, sit-down Mexican restaurants, Que! Bueno opened an ice cream shop and Mexican snack bar in August 2024 at 2213 Augusta Road in West Columbia. That location offers Mexican street corn, banana splits, aguas frescas and more.
And the company is preparing a new location in downtown Columbia, at 1467 Sumter Street. An opening date for that location hasn’t been announced yet.
