Don Lucio's Taco Shop II — Restaurant in San Diego

Came down to SD for the weekend and Don Lucio's Taco Shop was just down the street from the hotel we were staying at, so we decided to make a stop real quick. The menu to this place is pretty big. It kinda took us a while to decide what we wanted to get lol. The gentleman making the food was very patient and told us to call him when we where ready to order. Once we ordered he'll ask you to please wait outside until your order is ready, then he'll call you back in to pick it up. We decided on a Carne Asada Fries, Chimichanga, and a Big Plate Order which has two taquitos a tostada and a beef taco. Portions are pretty big, I have to say we didn't make a dent on these plates lol. The Asada was pretty good, it wasn't dry and he wasn't stingy with the meat on the fries or on the chimichanga. Oh man, what was great is that they pickle their own jalapeños here! The onions, the carrots everything tasted delicious! We had so much food left over in the morning lol, a good thing the hotel only gave us water for...

I wanted so much to like this place enough to keep coming back since it's so close to where I live. It seems like a family-run restaurant too which is great, but I can't see myself returning. I ordered the California burrito and the french fries tasted like french fries that had been fried, refrigerated, and then reheated in the microwave. Their consistency clashed with the rest of the ingredients in an off-putting way. The carne asada wasn't that great and none of it is worth...

You read about them all the time. The hole in the wall restaurant that you just can't miss if you want the best of some or another style of food. It may be cliché, but it is true of this place. While it may not be much to look at, the restaurant more than makes up for that in the flavor of its food and the salsas that accompany it. If you want some good Mexican food and are tired of the chains like Cotixan and Vallarta's, give this...