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The green chili burger at the Buckhorn in San Antonio, NM.
L
$$$
Los Poblanos Inn,
4803 Rio
years ago—has recently swung back in
Manny's favor. Come here, sample both,
and judge for yourself.
Grande Blvd., NW, Albuquerque (
&
886/344-
9297
or 505/344-9297; www.lospoblanos.
com). $$
Hacienda Antigua,
6708 Tierra
Dr. NW (
&
800/201-2986
or 505/345-
5399; www.haciendantigua.com).
Owl Tavern,
77 Hwy. 380 (
&
505/835-
9946
).
Manny's Buckhorn Tavern,
68
Hwy. 380 (
&
505/835-4423
).
(
Albuquerque (90 miles/145km).
Hometown Dish
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Fish Tacos
The Sea in a Tortilla
San Diego, California
Surfers wolf down fish tacos after churning
up an appetite on the waves all day. Padres
baseball fans clutch fish tacos instead of
ballpark hot dogs as they cheer their team
to victory. Doctors and lawyers and accoun-
tants unwrap takeout fish tacos at their
desks; Mexican day laborers eat fish tacos
at hole-in-the-wall
taquerías
where Spanish
only is spoken. They're the hometown taste
of San Diego, a refreshing twist on Mexican
food that surfed up the Pacific coast from
Baja California and never left.
It's a simple concept—a warm tortilla
envelops small pieces of fried fish in a
golden, tempura-like batter (Japanese fish-
ermen traditionally worked the waters off
Baja's coast). The fish is then slathered with
a variety of condiments, including tomato
salsa, green chili salsa, some kind of white
sauce (anything from tartarlike mayo sauce
