Food in Tijuana

[Phordphan]

First time I ate at the place was seated close to band and it was not comfortable as the instruments felt like they were right in my ear. The second time we were sat on the other side of restaurant, but volume level was still ridiculous. My girl loves Banda so I'll tolerate it.

We went to Dublin's bar and restaurant last night with live band that was pretty good. She turns into a whole other person when drunk so not sure if she'll change. The bar food was average bar food, but entertainment was great. My ears still feel like they are ringing.

Oh, Dublin's is still open? Haven't been there for ages. I'm glad they survived Covid.

[Member #4730]

Some people bag on this place, but I've always thought the food was pretty decent for its price point. The universal gripe, from gringos, is the ear splitting volume of the freaking band.

Last time I was there they had the entire band "sealed off" with plexiglass, supposedly for Covid purposes. Is that stuff still in place? It did tend to keep the volume down a bit.

First time I ate at the place was seated close to band and it was not comfortable as the instruments felt like they were right in my ear. The second time we were sat on the other side of restaurant, but volume level was still ridiculous. My girl loves Banda so I'll tolerate it.

We went to Dublin's bar and restaurant last night with live band that was pretty good. She turns into a whole other person when drunk so not sure if she'll change. The bar food was average bar food, but entertainment was great. My ears still feel like they are ringing.

[SeaBeeJoe]

I went to Negro Durazo last night and the ceviche, michelada and camarones were delicious. They also have a Banda band if you want songs, but I think it is $20 per song, not sure since I didn't buy any. Also the service was good and reasonable USA Pricing.

I went to Farmers Table in New city complex for breakfast and the omelette, French toast, and breakfast burrito were good and large portions. Pricing is similar to USA, service was good, and nice overall restaurant.

I went to Negro Durazno a few years back. An American Mexican guy had a massive heart attack and died on the floor of the restaurant. I was kinda traumatized and never went back.

[Sol12]

I went to Negro Durazo last night and the ceviche, michelada and camarones were delicious. They also have a Banda band if you want songs, but I think it is $20 per song, not sure since I didn't buy any. Also the service was good and reasonable USA

I don't think most on this board would want to put up with the music at this place. Especially if you get a table by the stage. I tried it once and don't remember being all that impressed but I'm not a huge mariscos guy. I think a place like Los Arcos is good. Also liked to take a day trip to Ensenada for mariscos just to get away from Tijuana.

[Phordphan]

I went to Negro Durazo last night and the ceviche, michelada and camarones were delicious. They also have a Banda band if you want songs, but I think it is $20 per song, not sure since I didn't buy any. Also the service was good and reasonable USA Pricing.

I went to Farmers Table in New city complex for breakfast and the omelette, French toast, and breakfast burrito were good and large portions. Pricing is similar to USA, service was good, and nice overall restaurant.

Some people bag on this place, but I've always thought the food was pretty decent for its price point. The universal gripe, from gringos, is the ear splitting volume of the freaking band.

Last time I was there they had the entire band "sealed off" with plexiglass, supposedly for Covid purposes. Is that stuff still in place? It did tend to keep the volume down a bit.

[Member #4730]

I went to Negro Durazo last night and the ceviche, michelada and camarones were delicious. They also have a Banda band if you want songs, but I think it is $20 per song, not sure since I didn't buy any. Also the service was good and reasonable USA Pricing.

I went to Farmers Table in New city complex for breakfast and the omelette, French toast, and breakfast burrito were good and large portions. Pricing is similar to USA, service was good, and nice overall restaurant.

[Captain Solo]

It's in the China Plaza, a strip mall, with a dozen Asian restaurants and shops, about 5 miles South of hotel Pueblo Amigos on the East side of the Tijuana river, in a dusty and grimy industrial area, a long $8 UBER ride from La Zona through lots of heavy traffic and bad roads. Houses, commercial and industrial buildings in this area, only a few miles South of the glitzy Pueblo Amigos and Caliente casino, are rampant helter skelter, looking depressing.

The pics make this place look huge, new, nice, clean and inviting, but it's actually small, old, worn out, low class. There were about 30 food items for dinner, mostly low-brow Chinese fares, looking old, stale, disgusting, no raw oyster, sushi or sashimi was available, even lower quality than the cheap $5 Chinese lunch buffet in So Cal, but about 30 people paid $13 to dine on Wednesday night. I felt sorry for locals who didn't know any better and were cheated by this bullshit restaurant.

We have been lied to and cheated again by false internet ads in Mexico, just like the escorts sites with fake old, ugly women. Their deals are far worse and more expensive than those in downtown Tijuana, definitely not worth going, just stay in downtown Tijuana and La Zona.

How the fuck can these Chinese businesses hope to do any business being so uncompetitive and outright lying in their ads?

[ScatManDoo]

Just got my passport card. So I'm getting close. Wondering what grocery stores might be recommended. I checked Google Maps but I seriously can't tell, they all look like convenience stores to me. Is the 777 a grocery store? I just wasn't sure if I was going to be able to live out of convenience doors and taco stands. Any suggestions would be helpful thank you.

There actually is a mid-sized, full service grocery store right in the heart of La Zona (if you don't want to walk three or four blocks outside of La Zona to reach Calimax or Soriana).

The grocery store is called La Lagunita and it is located on Nino Heroes midway between Primera /1st street and the alley.

The front of the store is kinda narrow, with fresh produce on display. Looks like a local bodega.

But it is 200 to 300 feet deep, and widens considerably towards the back.

Midway into the store is a full service old-style butcher's counter with two to three full-time butchers at the ready.

It is like an old throwback local (non chain) grocery store, with super competitive pricing and most of the food items (raw or packaged) that you could want.

[Rambo1969]

Just got my passport card. So I'm getting close. Wondering what grocery stores might be recommended. I checked Google Maps but I seriously can't tell, they all look like convenience stores to me. Is the 777 a grocery store? I just wasn't sure if I was going to be able to live out of convenience doors and taco stands. Any suggestions would be helpful thank you.

There is an OXXO on front and back side on Hotel Cascadas (across the street). That is easiest.

I walk to Calimax on Ave Constitution. Short walk. This place has better prices, fruits / vegetables, bakery, etc and it has a ATM machine. I use that ATM with my SCHWAB ATM card. Schwab rebates ATM fees.

[Captain Solo]

It's a pretty nice, clean place, about 6 miles South of La Zona.

$13 AYCE seafood, Chinese, Mexican, Japanese. On Friday and Sat add $5 for AYCE Maine lobster.

Seafood carts would charge about $1 per raw oyster, so this place is a good deal.

[Jackie888]

Why'all are pretty smart around here. Something I've been wondering: How can commodities like meat or oil be cheaper in less developed countries?

Aren't commodities basically fungible? If I'm a rancher or a oil man, why would I sell what I make in Mexico for less than what I can get for it in the USA?

Is the price difference explained by transport costs? Or government subsidies?

Middlemen.

[Captain Solo]

Many Sorianas, large supermarkets, scattered around the city, one on Revo near El Arco, one across the street South of hotel Pueblo Amigo.

Unless you plan to live in Tijuana and rent an apartment, why need grocery stores?

[VegasGambler9]

Just got my passport card. So I'm getting close. Wondering what grocery stores might be recommended. I checked Google Maps but I seriously can't tell, they all look like convenience stores to me. Is the 777 a grocery store? I just wasn't sure if I was going to be able to live out of convenience doors and taco stands. Any suggestions would be helpful thank you.

[Travv]

Offhand, from having sampled BBQ beef in San Diego vs BBQ beef in Tijuana, the beef ribs were fattier in San Diego, probably from being corn fed. The Mexican beef from a BBQ place in Tijuana seemed stringier and tougher, probably from being grass fed. Both were good, but of course Tijuana was cheaper. Minimum wage in CA now around $15 per hour vs $7 per day in Mexico. Overall, the Mexican beef is probably healthier since it has less fat to clog your arteries but the corn fed beef tastes better. Generally I prefer Mexican produce since it is less likely to be GMO.

Missing a few layers of inspection, _labor costs_. And its harder to find quality cuts as well.

All the good stuff comes from the USA, if it's cheaper, its likely domestic market.

(https://www.meatpoultry.com/articles...-tariffs-on-us#text=Mexico%20 previously%20 issued%20 a%2020,an%20 animal%20 or%20%241.5%20 billion. &text=The%20 US%20 Meat%20 Export%20 Federation%20 (USMEF)%20 lauded%20 the%20 decision.).

OIL is a straight commodity that has a global cost for the raw material, but things fed, grown, butchered and shipped locally, will be priced locally.

[SpeedToys]

Why'all are pretty smart around here. Something I've been wondering: How can commodities like meat or oil be cheaper in less developed countries?

Aren't commodities basically fungible? If I'm a rancher or a oil man, why would I sell what I make in Mexico for less than what I can get for it in the USA?

Is the price difference explained by transport costs? Or government subsidies?

Missing a few layers of inspection, _labor costs_. And its harder to find quality cuts as well.

All the good stuff comes from the USA, if it's cheaper, its likely domestic market.

(https://www.meatpoultry.com/articles...-tariffs-on-us#text=Mexico%20 previously%20 issued%20 a%2020,an%20 animal%20 or%20%241.5%20 billion. &text=The%20 US%20 Meat%20 Export%20 Federation%20 (USMEF)%20 lauded%20 the%20 decision.).

OIL is a straight commodity that has a global cost for the raw material, but things fed, grown, butchered and shipped locally, will be priced locally.