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Alfonso Bravo owner of Salud.

over Columbia, Hartsville, Sumter and up to Lancaster. Masa, with its Mexican street food flair, is sure to become
I didn’t want to do another Salud! If I did another Salud! a must-stop eating experience for diners in the area.
I would have to have that same building, that same
atmosphere which is very hard to duplicate. I wanted to “It will deliver a simple menu, which is pretty small, but
keep people driving to Camden to come to Salud!” is fresh and great quality,” Bravo said of Masa. “We’re
going to focus on maybe four different meats and making
With Salud! and Coa runaway smashes, Bravo is things like fresh quesadillas, burritos and tacos. We’re
expanding the brand. By mid-July, he hopes to have his trying to bring in some heirloom corn from Oaxaca
newest restaurant in Camden -- Masa, up and running in in southern Mexico to make our own tortillas and for
the bustling River Oaks shopping center along Highway 1 making masa.
West. Masa’s opening was delayed due to the coronavirus
pandemic which delayed the shipment of supplies to the “It’s going to be very fresh and we’re still going to have
new site. a small cocktail program there with fresh margaritas.
The menu is going to be very simple. We’ll probably do
Bravo said Masa will be unique to his string of Mexican- tamales, occasionally, and some other stuff, but the core
inspired eateries. By opening the low-key Masa, it will menu is going to be very simple and easy. It’s going to be
help make things easier for the staff while delivering a a little modern taqueria.”
simple menu loaded with fresh and sometimes hard to
find ingredients.

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