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Caesar's Sports Bar & Grill
We may never know for sure whether the Caesar salad really was invented in 1929 at what is now Caesar's Sports Bar & Grill, but it's definitely fun watching your waiter go through the ritual of preparing one tableside.
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Café La Especial
Hidden away in a small basement shopping arcade on La Revo (next to the Hotel Lafayette), this old-time favorite serves solid Mexican food at reasonable prices.
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Chiki Jai
Thanks to its consistently good Spanish/Basque seafood, the small, friendly Chiki Jai has been packed with patrons since 1947. It's a perfect escape from the street outside.
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Cien Años
One of Tijuana's temples of alta cocina , Cien Años is well worth a splurge. The chefs have dug deep into a box of ancient Mexican recipes, some going back to the Aztecs and Mayans, and have come up with some rather unusual - but by all accounts, delicious - concoctions. It's a formal place, so dress well for dinner. Breakfast & lunch are more casual.
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El Molino
Pop in for outstanding bakery items. In business since 1928, it makes everything from ordinary bolillos (typical Mexican breads) to fanciful wedding cakes.
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El Rincón de Xochimilco
In a residential area just north of Blvd Agua Caliente, this family eatery serves a range of delicious antojitos , including flautas , sopes, huaraches and gorditas (all variations on the meat- and cheese-loaded tortilla) prepared Mexico City-style.
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El Rodeo
El Rodeo is a fine-beef restaurant with eccentric ranch décor: towering cacti out front, antique gas pumps, Coke machines and a shrine to assassinated PRI presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio inside. The steaks are delicious.
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Gypsy's
This lively tapas bar has an eclectic décor inspired by Spanish artists Miró, Gaudí and Dalí. Make a meal out of the tapas or dig into more substantial main courses like paella or Spanish-style octopus. Live flamenco music after on Fridays really gets things going.
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La Cantina de los Remedios
This massive hacienda-style place takes classic mexicanismo way over the top. It has an energetic vibe and good Mexican favorites and does set menus that will send you home with an over-stuffed belly and a dreamy head. It's also a good place for just a drink.
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La Casa del Mole
If you're feeling tropical, head here for Tijuana's best mole -based dishes served in a glass-roofed jungle setting. Mole is one of several delicious Oaxacan sauces made with chile, chocolate and plenty of spices.
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La Costa
The seafood combination plate provides two people with a huge platter of crab, shrimp, lobster, octopus and fish fillet. Made at your table, La Costa's flaming Mexican coffee is spectacular.
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La Diferencia
Behind a tuxedo shop, La Diferencia specializes in alta cocina (haute cuisine), serving exotic Mexican dishes like crocodile fajitas, crepes de huitlacoche (corn fungus crepes) and ensalada de nopal y chicharron (cactus paddle and pork crackling salad).
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La Placita
One of La Revo's best Mexican restaurants, La Placita puts emphasis as much on preparing good food as creating a party. Delicious salsas are served in giant bowls, and the hearty Mexican dishes are fresh and tasty.
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La Querencia
Considering the astoundingly imaginative menu, fair prices and great atmosphere, La Querencia deserves every bit of its trendiness. You can pop in for a light meal of tuna-fin stew, marinated duck tacos or a salmon sandwich and keep to your daily travel budget; or go for broke devouring divinely seasoned octopus, sashimi or a Mongolian-style New York steak. Deer heads and antlers adorn the walls and a colorful fish tank livens up the back bar.
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Mercado Municipal
For a rather comical culinary experience, pop into the Mercado Municipal and let the women clap, grab and harangue you into their stalls for very inexpensive meals like pozole (pork and hominy stew), birria (stewed goat, beef or lamb), enchiladas, chile rellenos and more.
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Mexico Lindo
In addition to tacos and quesadillas served with all the accoutrements, this family-run place also serves an excellent pozole , a filling soup dish made from corn hominy and pork, with plenty of lime and cilantro.
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Negai
Tijuana's hippest Japanese restaurant is minimalist to the extreme and very popular for its fusion cuisine, which draws more from Japan than Mexico. Sushi, sashimi, teriyaki dishes and a couple of curries are the primary dishes.
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Restaurant Ricardo
This former sandwich shop is now a full-fledged diner. It's bright and cheerful, the breakfasts are excellent and the tortas are among the best in town. Good soups, too.
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Restaurant Rome's
For some good ol' family-style cooking, slip into this old-school diner, complete with jukebox and big booths. The set lunch (including dessert and drink) is a bargain. Otherwise choose from modest, but well prepared Mexican plates. Great soups.
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Tacos Aaron
If you're driving up to Tijuana's beaches be sure to stop for tacos at Tacos Aaron, across from the Calimax as you enter Playas from the toll road. The truck whips out some of the best, most imaginative tacos on the entire peninsula.
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Tacos El Gordo
Near Mercado Hidalgo, tacos El Gordo enjoys cult status among night owls. The quality of the tacos, which are perhaps a tad too authentic for some gringos, is high, and the lines get long in the wee morning hours.
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Tía Juana Tilly's
Can't go wrong here; the cantina-like atmosphere is great at this Tijuana classic next door to the Jai Alai building.
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Tortas Chapultepec
You can't beat the friendly service, good prices, and delicious tortas, burgers and fries at this family-style diner. There are several Mexican dishes, and a long list of egg-type breakfasts on the menu, too.
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Villa Saverios
Villa Saverios takes the concept of 'Baja Med' to absurd heights. The results? Try beef cheeks stuffed with ancho chilies; mesquite-grilled quail; tuna sashimi; gourmet burritos; sliced raw lobster with a chile vinaigrette; filet mignon carpaccio; or abalone served in its shell and smothered with chipotle cream sauce (gulp). Classical music tinkles over a fairly formal dining room, so dress appropriately.
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Vittorio's
For years this cozy Italian restaurant has been serving generous portions of reasonably priced pizza and pasta. Head to the back and you'll feel like the Godfather in the plush leather booths and dim lighting.
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