Carne Lenta (Taco Flats)

Austin taco mini-chain Taco Flats is opening a Mexican slow-smoked meats restaurant, Carne Lenta, in Smithville this week. It’s taking over the former location of Micklethwait Market and Grocery space at 114 Northeast Second Street, opening July 16.

Carne Lenta, which is Spanish for “slow meat,” will serve slow-cook birria, barbacoa, carnitas, and picadillo, available by-the-pound and within tacos.