. . . y Tacos

One such neighborhood of Tijuana is home to El Taco de la Ermita (known to border cabbies, if you go, as Los Salseados), a simple open-air taqueria down a narrow street in the La Mesa area of Tijuana, just off Agua Caliente. There are hundreds of taquerias in Tijuana; you’ll know you have the right place when you see a tiny place packed three deep and spilling into the road, and when you see well-dressed and wealthy tijuanenses (not the meekest of customers) waiting patiently for an hour or more for a precious seat. It is the only taco stand I know of that uses a uniformed security guard to keep order among its patrons.