San Diego Mexican Food Reviews

1890 San Diego Ave (map)
San Diego, CA 92110
(619) 291-6527

There is a problem with doing taco shop reviews all by yourself. Unless you want to make yourself sick or throw most the food in the garbage, you are generally only going to try 1-2 things. How do you know whether the place is any good from just a couple tacos? Such is the dilemma I find myself in here. I've only been here once, and only had the adobada mini tacos.

So I promise I'll be back, and this review will be dancing around a lot of unknowns.

First of all, don't let the shop's proximity to Old Town scare you off. This place isn't touristy at all. It's a local taco shop through and through. No parking to speak of, very limited seating, and a mom&pop vibe.

As to the tacos, they were delicious. Overly charred as you can see in the photo, but that didn't translate into a charred taste. I think of charred marinated pork fat as an ingredient on it's own. There was plenty of that. Plenty of spice. Fresh and tasty toppings. While certainly not among the best I've had, these were head and shoulder above the typical strip mall adobada tacos.

But.... I have this lingering doubt, thus the promise to come back and try some other things. First of all, the majority of reviews I've seen rave about the breakfast burrito and rarely mention anything else. And I get the impression their other tacos are the crispy type, and they had more of those than the yummy mini tacos. Several menu items are listed as "beef" or "chicken", not a good sign.

Still, all of that is speculation. The food I had was great.

Free chips, limited salsa bar. Tables were a bit sticky, but not gross. Good portions, doubled tortillas.