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"There was
nothing like it
on the east coast.
I was wrecking
my kitchen trying
to recreate the
foods I enjoyed so
much in Southern
California."

Shari Dragovich

is a freelance
writer whose work
appears in regional
magazines throughout
the Southeast. Her
favorite pursuits
include all things story,
all things community
and all things wine.
She, along with her
husband and five
teenaged kids, think it
a beautiful gift to call
Roanoke home.

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and a goal to teach high school. This didn't pan
out either.
Instead, Walker found himself further immersed
in the very industry he was using as a means to
a different end. Eventually Walker gave in and
answered the restaurant's call.
And what was it that finally caused him to cave?
Years earlier, while Walker was in his transitional
time of pursuing a ski career, he would spend the
"mud season" as the off-season is called, in Costa
Rica; San Diego, California and Baja, Mexico. It
was in Baja where Walker had his first fish taco.
"I kept thinking about that taco," says Walker.
"I loved the freshness of it. When I came back
I really missed the food. There was nothing like
it on the east coast. I was wrecking my kitchen
trying to recreate the foods I enjoyed so much in
Southern California."
Walker, along with Rob and Meaghan Crenshaw
(fellow restaurateurs and friends from Blacksburg),
opened the first Cabo Fish Taco in Charlotte,
North Carolina, in 2001. Using Rob's skill with
seafood (who spent years cooking seafood in
Virginia Beach) and Meaghan's expertise with
creating the right SoCal vibe for the space, the
team of three hit Cabo Fish Taco success. So much
so, they decided to expand-first to Blacksburg
(mostly because Walker missed the mountains) in
2005, and then Roanoke in September, 2018.
When building the Cabo Fish Taco menu,
Walker and Crenshaw combined Walker's Baja
food experiences with fresh, healthier versions of
Mexico's staple ingredients. They use a vegetable
stock as their base, making it from scratch every
LEFT: Cabo adds the perfect vibrant, diverse food pop to
downtown's growing restaurant scene.

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