AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. A Cary-based food truck has once again earned national acclaim, securing a place on Yelp’s recently published Top 100 Food Trucks ...

This review originally ran in the April 1, 2008 edition of the New York Daily News. Opening a Pan-African restaurant in the Meatpacking District doesn’t exactly sound like a sure thing. After all, ...

MAYBE it was the sight of rectangular octopus, or “signature” house drinks so badly mixed, I took refuge in Kenya’s Tusker beer. But my taste of buzzing, African-inspired Merkato 55 recalls the ...

Over at Eater, they’ve deathwatched Merkato 55, Marcus Samuelsson’s newish, chi-chi, pan-African eatery in the meatpacking district. That doesn’t necessarily mean that Merkato is on its way out, but ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Merkato Cafe ranks on Yelp’s 2025 Top 100 Food Trucks for second straight year. The Triangle-based truck is North Carolina’s only ...