Food in Tijuana

[Captain Solo]

Try this place on Aquacaliente past the golf course, about 4-5 miles from La Zona Norte, may be 50 pesos UBER ride.

Churrascaria Do Brasil.

Restaurante en Tijuana.

Boulevard Agua Caliente 11999, Hipodromo Agua Caliente, Tijuana, BC.

https://churrascaria-do-brasil.negocio.site/

240 pesos AYCE meats, sea food, poultry. You can order any cuts from their menu and how well you want it grilled. A fantastic value.

[LuvMexicanas]

Walked up Constitucion to Galeana and on the corner was the Korean taco joint. Looked like all new stainless steel stoves and venting equipment in a freshly tiled eating area. A guy eating there recommended the chicken chipotle Korean taco like he was eating to me so I ordered one of those and a beef taco. The menu also included Korean tacos made of beef sausage, or of Chicharron or of Pulpo and ensaladitas and mulitas. Two tacos filled me up at 25 pesos each for a total of 50 pesos or roughly $2.50. Had an oriental flavor to the tacos (Mex / Korean flavor) and was topped with mild shredded cabbage (Kimchi?) Restaurant was clean and the cooking area was open for watching and the tacos flavorful. Worth the money.

Does anyone know if this place is still open before I try to find it on my own?

[StRobert]

https://video.kpbs.org/video/fuego-b...aurant-fs1tbz/
Fuego & Boules Restaurant

Today we visit an amazing place in Valle de Guadalupe called Fuego Cocina Del Valle. This place has hotel rooms, horses, and more, but the main attraction is the food. After visiting the garden where some of the ingredients are grown, Jorge enjoys the high-end cuisine and is on cloud nine. Next, we meet Javier from Boules restaurant in Ensenada. Jorge discovers the bone marrow dish is to die for.

[Travv]

" . . . While fun tends to peak during the warmer months, so does the risk of getting sick from contaminated food.

According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), foodborne illness peaks during the summer months for two reasons: bacteria multiply faster in warmer temperatures, and preparing food outdoors makes safe food handling more difficult.

But when you attend outside events, you have to rely on other people to prepare food safely. Unfortunately, the food and drinks that are offered at summer events can carry serious health risks.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says to consider the following before buying food from a vendor:

Does the vendor have a clean / tidy workstation?

Does the vendor have a sink for employees to wash their hands?

Do the employees wear gloves or use tongs when handling food?

Does the vendor have refrigeration on site for raw ingredients or pre-cooked foods?

Has the vendor been inspected? Is a recent inspection report available? Requirements vary by state, but in general temporary and mobile vendors, like those at fairs and carnivals, should have a license to sell food and beverages in a particular state or county for a specific time period. You can check with the local health department to see if the vendors are licensed and if a food inspection has been completed.

Even experienced food operators and restaurant cooks face challenges when preparing items in a temporary booth or food truck, as pointed out by the Respro Food Safety blog:

Oftentimes, temporary food vendors are part-time cooks and may not have a complete knowledge of proper food safety practices or may never have taken a food safety training course. They may want to prepare food at home and then bring it to an event to sell. They may not bring adequate means to keep food hot or cold. They may not have an appropriate way to wash hands (and, by the way, hand sanitizers are not adequate). These things, if not handled properly, can lead to serious illness.

Preparing many different food items only compounds the problem. I would be concerned about a vendor trying to prepare chicken, beef, pork, rice and fresh salads all out of the same booth. The opportunity for cross-contamination is so great because of the limited space, lack of proper sanitizing and storage space. Do they have a separate cooler for each type of raw meat and ready-to-eat foods? If they don't, I would keep walking. (source).

Full article:

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2019/06/...arks-and-zoos/

[Jackie888]

Do you mean 38 pesos? 380 is $20.

38 pesos for the chicken lunch special. Nearby there is also a tech / women's mini-mall with a lot of small food vendors inside. As a bonus there are tons of good looking manicurists working the stalls, stroking their clients long fingers while wearing low cut halter tops. Stroking back and forth, back and forth while you can peak down their cleavage. I was checking all the twins as I was walking by.

Wait wait wait, this is a food posting. Sorry, old habits.

[KC Questor]

I think I spent 380 pesos on a special getting a chicken quarter, 5 tortillas, chips and salsa that I managed to make 5 soft tacos with. That's about $2. I also sat at a nice clean table and was served by a waitress. The point is that standing while eating street tacos with questionable hygiene isn't your only cheap option.

Do you mean 38 pesos? 380 is $20.

[Jackie888]

2 blocks South of the clubs is Calle Benito Juarez, a big boulevard with a lot of inexpensive small mom and pop restaurants for people like me who don't want to go far or spend much on grabbing some decent food, but is tired from the stuff that HK or Adelina's sells with their restaurants, or street tacos.

I think I spent 380 pesos on a special getting a chicken quarter, 5 tortillas, chips and salsa that I managed to make 5 soft tacos with. That's about $2. I also sat at a nice clean table and was served by a waitress. The point is that standing while eating street tacos with questionable hygiene isn't your only cheap option.

[SpikeBites1]

Took a girl there two nights ago. Very expensive for Tijuana. It's like a Mexican version of Ruth's Chris. They serve steaks, ribeyes, sushi, lobster. Pretty much all sorts. It wasn't bad just a bit expensive for "Tijuana".

Would recommend. The service was exceptional and the lava cake dessert was delicious.

[StRobert]

A good restaurant has been operating in the same place for 50 years. Address Avenida Revolucion number 893 near Third Street (Tercera). I ordered two fish tacos and Corona light beer. (US $ 4. 80). The taste was great. You can eat from the street side or inside. The menu is easy to read, pictures of dishes with prices in pesos and in US dollars. There is a restroom. This will be my new place to eat on Av. Revolucion. Here is the link http://lospanchostijuana.com/.

[Jim0129]

Decided to try something different, so I searched Tijuana restaurants on line and found out about this place serving Argentine food, particularly empanadas. The restaurant is by Tijuana Tillys on the other side of the Jai Alai palace on Revolucion in the parking lot. Wanted something light, so I ordered the Salmon salad and a drink and a pepperoni empanada. The waiter brought fresh hot bread with pesto sauce in olive oil along with butter. Then the empanada arrived with a hot flaky crust and filled with cheese and tomato sauce and pepperonis, think I paid 25 pesos for this. Then the salmon salad with tomatoes, hard boiled eggs, carrots lettuce etc along with ranch dressing along with more hot bread. Cost was around 180 pesos plus a good tip for the helpful waiter who set up my WiFi for the cell phone. Recommended, particularly the different empanadas with beef and onions, chicken and onions, but I was happy with the Pepperoni empanada, reminded me of calzones but much cheaper here.

Yeah, this place is great, last time I went I had the lamb meat empanadas and an Argentinian style lasagna, also we ordered their famous Sangria. Great food, low prices highly recommended.

[Travv]

Decided to try something different, so I searched Tijuana restaurants on line and found out about this place serving Argentine food, particularly empanadas. The restaurant is by Tijuana Tillys on the other side of the Jai Alai palace on Revolucion in the parking lot. Wanted something light, so I ordered the Salmon salad and a drink and a pepperoni empanada. The waiter brought fresh hot bread with pesto sauce in olive oil along with butter. Then the empanada arrived with a hot flaky crust and filled with cheese and tomato sauce and pepperonis, think I paid 25 pesos for this. Then the salmon salad with tomatoes, hard boiled eggs, carrots lettuce etc along with ranch dressing along with more hot bread. Cost was around 180 pesos plus a good tip for the helpful waiter who set up my WiFi for the cell phone. Recommended, particularly the different empanadas with beef and onions, chicken and onions, but I was happy with the Pepperoni empanada, reminded me of calzones but much cheaper here.

[Long Don Silva]

When I first came to the San Diego area three and a half years ago, my roommate mentioned that Tijuana had started to develop a serious food scene to attract tourism following the excessive violence of the late aughts. There seems to be many sources verifying this.

[Phordphan]

In the interest of fairness, let's post a couple of articles that aren't 5 years old. Here are a couple of recent articles stating that Tijuana does, indeed, have a vibrant food scene, and is becoming very famous in its own right.

https://adventure.com/tijuana-food-drink-mexico/

Here they discuss what some of us Tijuana vets know. That business tanked during the very dark days of 2008-ish. Tijuana basically reinvented itself to focus more on locals with money, and less on Yanqui tourists. And far less on grumpy gringos looking for cheap pussy. Note that Plascencia makes a point of sourcing his stuff within 3 hours of Tijuana. This is important, and why I made mention of the Valle de Guadalupe earlier. It is the source of the lion's share of the wine list (and in many cases the only source), in most fine dining establishments in Tijuana. It's gone from being a source of table wine for France to a source of wines that compare very favorably with many from California.

https://www.travelweekly.com/Mexico-...ary-revolucion

Here's another that also mentions Telefonica Gastro Park, and mentions that Tijuana was the NYT top 52 places to go in 2017. But Don't take their word for it, read it for yorself:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...-to-visit.html

"Tijuana is also having a culinary renaissance, fueled by craft breweries, stylish coffee shops and globally informed restaurants that range from Telefónica Gastro Park's hipster food trucks to bustling Baja Med spots like La Querencía in the riverside Zona areío neighborhood".

Oh, and if anybody thinks that Tijuana and VdG have no bearing on one another, because they're as far apart as, say, Milwaukee and Chicago, well, I guess that individual has never been to any of those places. For anybody who cares, Tijuana to the heart of VdG is about 65 miles, vs. About 100. And, as I mentioned before, it's the heart and soul of the BNC wine renaissance. And, what is good food without good wine?

[Phordphan]

Picture menus it's a good idea , but Telefonica Gastro Park is on Yelp and Facebook. You can write a post in English there. Menus in Spanish and English are also a good idea. Once in another place I ordered by mistake a taco tripa (gut) and I ate because I did not understand the word "tripa". I also do not like taco cabeza (head) and lengua (tongue) but the fish tacos are good.

Oh, if only there were a phone app that would translate Spanish into English!

[StRobert]

Telefonica would be a nice place to hang out for lunch in day tours down the coast to Ensenada. Seafood and tacos in Tijuana are far better and fresher than Ensenada. The fish / shrimp tacos, ceviche and cocteles served by the restaurants near Ensenada's seafood market are not good or fresh but very expensive. I don't even want to eat their food. However the 4 or 5 seafood carts on the main drag, across from the giant flag pole, are fresh and delicious. Did not see any Al Pastor tacos stand there day or night, WTF?

Googles shows lots of interesting dishes served by various stores in Telefonica. When I got there the stores hang large menus with prices, but I could not order without seeing the dishes, pictures or at least descriptions of the main ingredients. I hate to order something and it turns out perrito or cato tacos with wagging tails hehe.

Can someone with decent Spanish suggest to the stores to hang pictures of the dishes on their store fronts, or show wax models of the dishes? They should probably start with printed menus describing the main ingredients and how they are cooked, for the benefits of non locals.

Picture menus it's a good idea , but Telefonica Gastro Park is on Yelp and Facebook. You can write a post in English there. Menus in Spanish and English are also a good idea. Once in another place I ordered by mistake a taco tripa (gut) and I ate because I did not understand the word "tripa". I also do not like taco cabeza (head) and lengua (tongue) but the fish tacos are good.