Las Cuatro Milpas ★ 4.6
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
Tacos El Gordo is a street-food stop in Chula Vista, San Diego.
Tacos El Gordo on Broadway in Chula Vista, San Diego, the canonical Tijuana-style adobada trompo carving handmade corn tortillas until 4am on weekends.
Editorially verified May 19, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Address: 556 Broadway, Chula Vista, CA 91910, San Diego
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
Lolita's Mexican Food on Clairemont Mesa Boulevard in Kearny Mesa, San Diego, the 1984 Chula Vista taco-shop spinoff slinging the platonic California burrito.
Try: California burrito
Lucha Libre Gourmet Taco Shop in Mission Hills, San Diego, the 2008 Rojano-Garcia counter on Washington Street with pro-wrestling decor and the Surfin'.
Try: Surfin' California burrito, Lucha-style adobada
Oscar's Mexican Seafood on Emerald Street in Pacific Beach, San Diego, the local-vote fish-taco champion with smoked and battered options for under five.
Try: Battered fish taco, smoked fish taco
El Carrito on Logan Avenue in Barrio Logan, San Diego, the homestyle Mexican counter in a 1930s streetcar with chilaquiles divorciados and carnitas.
Try: Chilaquiles divorciados, carnitas, breakfast burritos
City Tacos on University Avenue in North Park, San Diego, the original of the local chain with handmade tortillas and a Camaron Ahogado shrimp taco worth.
Try: Camaron Ahogado shrimp taco, Tinga de Pollo