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nitwhit3286
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ya'll got me thinking monterey's!!! damn what I wouldn't give to get me some tacos de carne asada and some chips and salsa... the mexican places around virginia beach...suck!!!
Mexican Restaurant Ideas
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MMDad
Lem Putt
Salsa's
Take it from me (I used to live 10-15 minutes from Tijuana) are the most authentic Mexican food around here.
"Authentic" as in run to the bathroom every hour for a week? (tamale stand in TJ)
None of them are really "authentic." It's all Americanized, but that's what they need to do to please the crowds here. As long as a mexican restaurant serves something "alfredo" you are not getting authentic. Fajitas are not authentic.
I've been to Salsa's, Monterrey, Cerro Grande, and Mexico, and they are almost identical in quality, service, and price. They're all adequate.
Has anyone been to La Tolteca in PF?
cattitude
My Sweetest Boy
I've heard it's very good..no liquor license.
We like Mexico (PF) and go just about once a week. We have our favorite dishes, we like the staff and the meal is good and the service even better.
Mexican food also varies by region so the way food is prepared can vary from restaurant to restaurant.
You drank the water didn't you
I can say this, for as many times as I went to TJ and Rosarita, I was lucky enough not to get Montezuma's Revenge. I ate at resturants, the little taco stands, the street vender carts, even drank the water when I stayed at someone's house down there.
No where around here will you get the SoCal Mexican food unless it is a chain like Baja Fresh.
lovinmaryland
Well-Known Member
You drank the water didn't you
I can say this, for as many times as I went to TJ and Rosarita, I was lucky enough not to get Montezuma's Revenge. I ate at resturants, the little taco stands, the street vender carts, even drank the water when I stayed at someone's house down there.
No where around here will you get the SoCal Mexican food unless it is a chain like Baja Fresh.
Rosarita yum did you get some Lobsters while you were there?
You are right no where will you get local food but you will get close and Salsas is as close as you can get. La tol Teca in La Plata/Waldorf is good as well but they asked for a resturant in St Marys. The restaurants around here are more like the drive through shops like Albertos etc. out in San Diego.
My all time favorite thing is Carne Asada Fries they are to die for
theArtistFormerlyKnownAs
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Personally, I thought Monterey's was much better overall :shrug:
The only issue there was the fact that the waiter just happened to have the tattoo of (and i'm assuming was a member of) an infamous (mostly) Hispanic gang...i'll let you guess which one...yes, its the one your thinking of.
other than that, I loved everything. Food was great (awesome chimis). service was good, waiter was nice..ect.
Salsas just doesn't quite cut it for me in most respects. I mean, the food is decent enough but it just doesn't seem like i'm eating true mexican. I'll still eat there (actually probably going there this weekend) because it is good, but I would just consider Montereys to be better.
The only issue there was the fact that the waiter just happened to have the tattoo of (and i'm assuming was a member of) an infamous (mostly) Hispanic gang...i'll let you guess which one...yes, its the one your thinking of
.other than that, I loved everything. Food was great (awesome chimis). service was good, waiter was nice..ect.
Salsas just doesn't quite cut it for me in most respects. I mean, the food is decent enough but it just doesn't seem like i'm eating true mexican. I'll still eat there (actually probably going there this weekend) because it is good, but I would just consider Montereys to be better.
snowangel8119
fearless girlie girl
La Tolteca is good but just like the others. i would have to agree that they all are the same in price and quality. but when it comes to flavor and speed.......chipote all the way baby! haha of course if im drunk nothin' is better then taco bell
Rosarita yum did you get some Lobsters while you were there?
You are right no where will you get local food but you will get close and Salsas is as close as you can get. La tol Teca in La Plata/Waldorf is good as well but they asked for a resturant in St Marys. The restaurants around here are more like the drive through shops like Albertos etc. out in San Diego.
My all time favorite thing is Carne Asada Fries they are to die for
Didn't have the lobsters. I was taken to some dive place and had fried shrimp tacos :yummy: as well as calamari and other stuff, I had no idea what I was eating
The food from Papa's and Beer was yummy. My all time fav is a wet grilled chicken burrito with sour cream
What I would give for one of those from the Taco King (down the sidewalk from my old apartment in San Diego).
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toppick08
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Man, this thread makes me want to ice down some Coronas and slice up limes..
lovinmaryland
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Where did you live in San Diego? I lived in Poway, Mira Mesa, Imperial Beach, and Mission Beach... Good times crossing the border getting some Dos Equis xx and tacosDidn't have the lobsters. I was taken to some dive place and had fried shrimp tacos :yummy: as well as calamari and other stuff, I had no idea what I was eating
My all time fav is a wet grilled chicken burrito with sour cream
that or getting some ki9ck ass mexican food @ 3 am good times 
Thats funny you mention shrimp tacos... I was on the phone monday night with my cousin and she asked what I was cooking for dinner (she is from Maryland mind you) and I said shrimp tacos... she said ewww shrimp tacos I have never heard of that before ... those sound disgusting
I said well maybe if you went to places other than taco bell for your mexican food you'd know how good they were 
Where did you live in San Diego? I lived in Poway, Mira Mesa, Imperial Beach, and Mission Beach... Good times crossing the border getting some Dos Equis xx and tacos
Thats funny you mention shrimp tacos... I was on the phone monday night with my cousin and she asked what I was cooking for dinner (she is from Maryland mind you) and I said shrimp tacos... she said ewww shrimp tacos I have never heard of that before ... those sound disgusting
When I first got there, I lived on North Island. Then I moved off base to Imperial Beach for a month or so, but then found a kick ass place 1 mile from Qualcom stadium. There are times when I miss that apartment because if I could walk somewhere, I would. It was so much easier, except for those three flights of stairs.
The big difference in the tacos there and here is they use cabbage instead of lettuce which makes all the difference, at least to me it does.
latinamomma
Transam's wife
Montery's in the San Suchi plaza...it's the best and husband just can't get enough!!
lovinmaryland
Well-Known Member
Was your apartment over by the Kaiser Building? So you were right in the heart of things... two huge malls within 5 minutes of each other.
I love the cabbage too... it sounds odd but is soooo good.
You know I hate to admitt this but my favorite tacos though are the Monster Taco from Jack in the Box. When I lived in MB we hit the box almost nightly
Was your apartment over by the Kaiser Building? So you were right in the heart of things... two huge malls within 5 minutes of each other.
I love the cabbage too... it sounds odd but is soooo good.
You know I hate to admitt this but my favorite tacos though are the Monster Taco from Jack in the Box. When I lived in MB we hit the box almost nightly
Yuppers. Kaiser Hospital was straight across from my building. Mission Valley was 3 miles away and Fashion Valley was 5 miles
Don't forget...In N Out was over by Mission Valley....best burger hands down!!
lovinmaryland
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Yuppers. Kaiser Hospital was straight across from my building. Mission Valley was 3 miles away and Fashion Valley was 5 miles
I would never forget in & out
I will have to have a double double animal style for you this summer when I am out there
I would never forget in & out
I will have to have a double double animal style for you this summer when I am out there
Right on!!!
Oh...did you ever eat at the Mexican Take Out on Coronado Island? They had some
burritos.
clevalley
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Mexico in Waldorf is good... is it owned by the same family?
cattitude
My Sweetest Boy
Yep...that one, the one in PF and the new one in Lusby.
clevalley
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lovinmaryland
Well-Known Member
Right on!!!
Oh...did you ever eat at the Mexican Take Out on Coronado Island? They had some
I might have... that is what I miss though a really good buritto, I want mine with carne asada