re: #444 HappyWarrior

When I was out West two years ago, my brother took me to a really good Mom and Pop Mexican place in Kings Beach, CA. What we would do is order a bunch of stuff like fish tacos in corn tortillas, tortes, etc to split. My niece loved it because the ladies who ran the place spoke Spanish and I think she was reminded of her Abuelita.

That’s why I call this one “Mexican-inspired” instead of Mexican. Tacquerias would be Mexican. Then there’s orange-cheese Mexican, which is kind of the standard “what Americans expect Mexican to be” table service places. Then there’s the high end stuff. Then there’s the fusion. Both places downtown probably fall in that category. (One is just standard Mexican, one is Cali-Mex, which means more veggies and avocado.)

CA takes its Mexican food seriously.

(Nothing has beat the high end place we went to in Mexico City.)