Puesto La Jolla ★ 4.3
Puesto's original counter on Wall Street in La Jolla, San Diego, the award-winning blue-corn taqueria two blocks from the Cove with crispy-cheese filet.
Try: Filet Mignon taco, Chicken Al Pastor, blue corn tortillas
South Beach Bar and Grille is a street-food stop in Ocean Beach, San Diego.
South Beach Bar and Grille on Newport Avenue in Ocean Beach, San Diego, the 1992 Pier-side cantina behind the Mahi fish taco that locals defend by name.
Editorially verified May 19, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Address: 5059 Newport Ave, San Diego, CA 92107
Puesto's original counter on Wall Street in La Jolla, San Diego, the award-winning blue-corn taqueria two blocks from the Cove with crispy-cheese filet.
Try: Filet Mignon taco, Chicken Al Pastor, blue corn tortillas
El Comal on a residential block of Illinois Street in North Park, San Diego, the family-run kitchen pressing tortillas to order with mole tacos and carne.
Try: Carne asada burrito, hand-pressed tortillas, mole tacos
Mariscos German truck on Federal Boulevard in southeast San Diego, the Tijuana-style aguachile and Gobernador-taco lifer that brought west-coast mariscos.
Try: Shrimp Gobernador taco, fish ceviche tostada, aguachile
Rubicon Deli on India Street in Mission Hills, San Diego, the oversized Dutch Crunch sandwich counter where the Late Riser breakfast roll goes for under ten.
Try: Dutch Crunch sandwiches, Late Riser breakfast sandwich
Tacos El Gordo on Broadway in Chula Vista, San Diego, the canonical Tijuana-style adobada trompo carving handmade corn tortillas until 4am on weekends.
Try: Vertical-trompo adobada taco
Las Cuatro Milpas at Mercado del Barrio in Barrio Logan, San Diego, the 1933 Estudillo-family counter back open since May 2026 with its same.
Try: Pork tamales, hand-pressed flour tortillas, rolled tacos