1) The al pastor at Taqueria San Jose is pretty good. 2)They're quite seasonal with their salsa; my pico de gallo was heavy on the onions and peppers, very stingy with the tomatoes. 3) Taq. San Jose seems to be popular with painters (or with paint-spattered pants fetishists). 4) It's nicer to take your burrito to go and eat it down by the wharf. 5) There's another taqueria there. Who knew? I've never been. That guy has, but that sure doesn't make me want to go there. 6) I should eat lunch outside more often.
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The choking air of summer hit me as soon as I opened my car door. The air conditioned ride from the Westside to the San Fernando Valley left me unprepared for the heat assault.I needed a cold beverage and a plate of tacos. The taco hut wasn't my destination, just a stop on my way to visit friends in Van Nuys. In some ways I think I make friends with people in different parts of LA just so I can eat tacos in their city when I visit them. Before this blog I would make excuses for reasons not to hang out with people. Now I find myself mapquesting taquerias in their neighborhoods(I really need a friend in Highland Park). Taqueria San Jose...
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The upper edge of North Beach seems like an unlikely spot for a taqueria so identified with the Mission, but there it is: Taq. San Jose, occupying the southwest corner of Mason and Francisco. Only instead of the occasionally hazardous hubbub swirling outside its other location, here you get a cute cable car line one block over. A chandelier and a full wall mirror contribute “sophisticated touches” to the mid-sized room, while the shop’s business cards feature a nice-looking waterfall. Breakfast available. Credit cards accepted.
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This veteran Mission burrito shop sports an old-timey Woolworth/Thrifty feel, a throwback mood heightened by all the still life snapshots of menu entrees that line the beige, imitation brick walls. A prominent sign boasts that Taq. San Jose is the home of the “Best Taco in Town”; no word on how they rate their own burritowork. Open late, or real late, or neither – whatever they feel like that particular night. Breakfast available.
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Mmmm...Salsa bar. Nothing perks up a veggie burrito experience more than a salsa bar with lots of variety, and San Jose's salsa bar is chock full of tantalizing offerings. I almost missed it altogether on my first visit, as the hood was closed (How sanitary!). Thankfully, I happened to notice it before I got too far into my meal. My ravenous counterpart wasn't so lucky, having finished almost half of his before I stumbled onto the goods.
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