Carolyn Carreño
From Every Day with Rachael Ray
November-December 2005
Beach Blanket Taco
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Summer is never a bummer: The first of Rubio's 126 California taco stands.
Rubio's Fresh Mexican Grill
4504 East Mission Bay Dr., 858-272-2801
George's at the Cove's Ocean Terrace Bistro
1250 Prospect St., La Jolla, 858-454-4244
Pacifica Del Mar
1555 Camino Del Mar, Del Mar, 858-792-0476
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Fish tacos are to San Diegans what pizza is to New Yorkers--a source of local comfort and pride. Although I'm half-Mexican, born in Tijuana, I didn't eat my first fish taco until the summer after I graduated from high school. Back then, they were a specialty found only in beach towns in Baja California, and I just knew that they would taste better when I was watching surfer boys on a small beach north of Ensenada. Popular in southern California since Rubio's opened its first stand in 1983, fish tacos consist of beer- battered, deep-fried fish, topped with shredded cabbage and folded into a soft corn tortilla. Some San Diego restaurants serve upscale versions, with grilled fish, topped with fresh salsa. Either way, no visit to San Diego is complete without eating one.
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