Reviews

 Lolita’s is the one taco shop I hear about most in my adventures. The comments vary from exhortations (“you should try it out”) to incitements (“you’re an idiot fraud for not saying this is the best taco shop in …

Sometimes you get spoiled. You know something is good, even great, but you—you, in your blithe …

You would be forgiven for having thought that the landscape of future San Diego taco shops would be red and yellow striped. It seemed a few years back that the red- and yellow-striped drive-throughs—Roberto’s, Alberto’s, …

I realize this review is not going to make me very popular. People adore this place. It’s their sanctum santorum in University Heights. I can see why: It’s a pleasant block in …

All over town, good taco shops are closing—three in downtown in the last year at least. Local chains—Robertos, Sombrero, Santanas—are advertising on alt-rock radio and on the web and feature “happy meals” with toys. McDonalds and so forth are selling—burritos!

I …

El Cuervo is a venerable institution. The same guys have been working here since I was a kid, the food is still excellent, and it continues to enjoy an enthusiastic following. Even the sweet old woman who cleared tables is …

In journalism objectivity is an ideal. There is fairness, but no strict objectivity. And fairness is one of those slippery terms. How can one be fair when the criteria by which we judge are infinite? And the criteria are infinite …

Editor’s note: Justin and Amanda are my friends. Justin lives in LA, where he is a waiter/writer/cliché, but he’s from SD. In his free time he takes pictures of his poop and reads books about Hitler. Amanda is his girlfriend …

Editor’s note: Justin and Amanda are my friends. Justin lives in LA, where he is a waiter/writer/cliché, but he’s from SD. In his free time he takes pictures of his poop and reads books about Hitler. Amanda is his girlfriend …

So you’ve spent the day at OB doing the OB thing, but before you pack your boogie board and umbrella into your Tercel and tote your …