Bodega Tapas, Wine, and Rum
Wake Forest, NC · Tapas
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Why it's listed
A South White Street tapas and rum bar in Wake Forest that names its beef producer on both Wagyu dishes and names the town it comes from. A beef empanada at $10 is built on Wilder's Wagyu from Turkey, North Carolina, in a Cuban-style picadillo with cilantro creme, and a rigatoni ragout at $24 uses the same beef with shiitake mushrooms and Parmesan. Wilder's runs a fullblood herd about eighty miles south-east of the restaurant.
Wagyu on the menu
- American
- Brand / Prefecture
- Wilders Wagyu
- Grade
- fullblood (documented by the producer)
- Producer
- Wilders Wagyu (Turkey, NC)
| Origin | Brand / Prefecture | Grade | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|
| American | Wilders Wagyu | fullblood (documented by the producer) | Wilders Wagyu (Turkey, NC) |
Sourced from
Evidence on file
“'Beef Empanada NC Wagyu - Wilder's Wagyu, Turkey, NC, Cuban-style beef picadillo, cilantro creme' $10”
bodegawakeforest.com “'NC Wagyu Ragout Rigatoni - Wilder's Wagyu, Turkey, NC, rigatoni mezze, shiitake mushrooms, Parmesan' $24”
bodegawakeforest.com
Quoted from the sources checked when this listing was verified.
Address
110 South White Street · Wake Forest, NCGet directions See Wake Forest on the Wagyu map →
Phone
Price
Price tier 2 of 4
Last verified
August 22, 2026 · evidence on file
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Common questions
- Does Bodega Tapas, Wine, and Rum serve real Wagyu?
- Yes, and it says where the beef comes from. Bodega Tapas, Wine, and Rum in Wake Forest, NC publishes enough detail on its own materials to identify the Wagyu it sells, which is the standard this directory calls verified, last checked on August 22, 2026. That means a named Japanese brand or prefecture with its grade, an American breed status with a named producer, or an Australian producer with a marbling score.
- What kind of Wagyu does Bodega Tapas, Wine, and Rum serve?
- Its menu discloses Wilders Wagyu fullblood (documented by the producer). Each of those is taken from the venue's own current materials rather than from a review or a listing site, and the evidence behind it is quoted further down this page.
- How was Bodega Tapas, Wine, and Rum verified?
- By reading the venue's own current material, its menu, its site or its ordering system, and quoting the line that names the beef. Reviews, aggregator copies and press mentions are not accepted as the source, because they go stale silently. Verification is assisted by AI and every claim is stored with the page it came from, last confirmed on August 22, 2026.