Tacos Zarate will open in a new spot by the end of the month, owner Paul Zarate said.

Customers of the shop at 1273 S. King St. will be sad to learn that it will close a week before the move, but the new location will be just a few minutes away by car, in Kahala.

“We’ll have plenty of parking,” Zarate said, which is not the case at the current location.

Established in 2010 as a food truck that gained a loyal following, Zarate shut down the truck, joined the pop-up operation at the former Taste, in Kakaako, and then opened on South King, cementing his brick-and-mortar presence.

The new spot is across Waialae Avenue from the Ross Dress for Less in the former Honolulu Burger Co. location, in a strip mall that also includes Island Urgent Care, Wholesale Unlimited Express and Hakuyosha dry cleaners.

Mama’s cited as scenic

Mama’s Fish House in Paia, Maui, is the only restaurant in Hawaii to make OpenTable.com’s list of the 100 most scenic U.S. restaurants.

The annual list, released last week, was compiled from some 5 million reviews submitted by what OpenTable calls “verified users of the site.” The reviews covered more than 20,000 restaurants in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

The winner among the states was California with nearly one-quarter of all the listed restaurants, followed by Washington state with 11 and Florida with seven.

The full list is posted online at 808ne.ws/prettyplaces.

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Erika Engle, Star-Advertiser

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