Que Onda Fusion Cuisine opens downtown

A restaurant offering a variety of dining options just opened in downtown Blaine. 

Que Onda Fusion Cuisine celebrated its grand opening at 442 Peace Portal Drive on June 10. The Northern Light previously reported that Bordertown Mexican Grill co-owners Nelly Santiago and Abi Garcia owned the restaurant.

The restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner from across the world from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday, according to a Facebook post from Bordertown. 

A sampling of the breakfast menu includes crepes, a T-bone steak platter, bagel sandwich and sausage burrito. The lunch menu has 20 offerings that include spaghetti, chimichanga, asada fries, pork barbecue, pad Thai, pizza, hot dog, tuna melt, chimichurri sub, potatoes flautas, salmon platter and fish and chips. Que Onda serves beverages, including beer and soda, as well as a few desserts and appetizers. 

In January, Santiago and Garcia purchased the former Rustic Fork building to become Que Onda, their first brick-and-mortar restaurant. The remodeled space has garage doors at the front of the building that open during nice weather. 

In 2016, Santiago and Abi opened Bordertown Mexican Grill as a taco truck under another name in the parking lot of Hill’s Chevron and later moved into Bordertown’s current location between Starbucks and the Blaine Visitor Information Center in 2019. Santiago previously said Bordertown will remain open. 

Santiago and Garcia couldn’t be reached by press time.