Wake Forest Restaurant Guide

Opened in April 2009, Tropical Picken Chicken offers a diverse selection of Caribbean cuisine. It's conveniently located next to the NC License Plate Agency in Wake Forest, NC. The restaurant's name refers to it's specialty, a Dominican disk featuring chicken marinated in tropical juices and spices and grilled over an open flame. The Spanish name of the disk is Pica Pollo, which translates loosely to "pickin (or even more loosely 'picken') chicken". But the Cuban style slow oven-roasted, Roast Pork B.B.Q. with garlic citrus mojo sauce, topped with onions is equally popular. The menu is as compact as the cheerfully casual dining room, but Cuban and Dominican cuisines are amply represented by Caribbean Pork Chops, Barbecued Ribs, Steak Encebolldo, Shrimp in Red Sauce, Roasted Garlic Sauce and Pressed Cuban Sandwich.