Archive for: August 2007

So, when I was interviewed in the paper about burritos, my comments regarding San Francisco’s burritos garnered the most vocal response, both from San Diegans and San Franciscans. I don’t want the focus of this site to be the debate …

      El Porvenir in Barrio Logan is, I imagine, a trip back in the evolution of the San Diego burrito. It’s like one of those Paleolithic fishes found deep, deep in the ocean …

I guess it was nearly a 2 years back that I went to NYC to visit friends and it was late one night that my friend Casey called to ask us to stop by the Cake Shop where he worked …

Mike wrote:

Subject: its all in the beef

Message: It may not be an authentic Mexican burrito, but one of the
tastiest burritos can be found at Tacos Del Mar in Mission Valley.
My favorite is a Mondo burrito with ground beef and refried …

Dos Brasos is a cool place. It’s changed its name and ownership a few times over the years, but it’s always been good and reliably so.

Dos brasos means “two arms,” which is a weird name, but so is Crawford: “Te …

El Nopalito is quite a place, where carne asada, fresh tortillas, and Coronas are the orders of the day. At this popular spot, customers—mostly men, mostly appearing to be manual laborers—order steaming platos and speak Spanish. This isn’t fast food …