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East Nashville’s El Fuego is proof that if you build it, shake it, serve it with a salt rim and only charge four bucks for it, they will come. When the hole-in-the-wall Latin American restaurant opened on Gallatin Avenue in 2018, it quickly became a neighborhood favorite, due in no small part to those $4 made-from-scratch margaritas that owner Jose Merchan is quick to remind you are made with freshly squeezed lime juice and no mixes whatsoever. The restaurant moved to a larger location, which boasts a vast patio, in August 2020, allowing even more people to pack into the lively space for a tasty beverage … or four.

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