SalsaLover

I rarely shop at supermarkets, preferring smaller stores and specialty stores. There is quite a bit of support for the strikers, and some interviewed on local San Diego tv say that they understand if people have to cross the lines for bread or milk for the kids, but just ask folks not do their major shopping at one of these stores. My usual market was open but all the parking lot lights were out and it was packed. The health care and service worker issues are huge problems. Frankly, if this strike helps smaller stores, at least that is one positive, but hardly offsets the larger negatives. I hope it is resolved in the workers' favor.

Hi Martha, this place uses shredded beef in their tacos (which are also excellent, and flavored with one of the salty, dry quesos), but I don't know how it's prepared. I think that (beef), or pork, would be best, and chicken would also work. Honestly, they are so rich you really don't need meat at all, and the only meat in the beans and rice "dish" is if there is a chunk of meat in the hot sauce. The people who eat "in" often make rice and bean burritos from the rice/bean order, as it comes with two giant tortillas (and those onions and cilantro and lemon or lime wedges). Enough for a hearty eater, or plenty of leftovers for someone like me. In case anyone has a misperception about this place, I am not recommending their beans or rice or anything but their tortillas and hot sauce. I like my beans nearly pureed and my rice to be sticky or whole grained or otherwise "abnormal." That said, buy a dozen tortillas and a medium container of hot sauce (and some milk if you have lightweights), and tear the tortillas into bite-sized pieces and dip into the sauce. It should quench the appetite until you get to your destination. They are so fresh that they can grow mold overnight if not refrigerated.

SAute, that is beautiful, and your phone cam does a great job too! ++++ Los Quatros Milpas at the foot of Coronado bridge in Chicano Park has the best flour tortillas laden with lard, and the hottest hot sauce laden with fatty meat. Perfect picnic with rice and beans, which are served with those tortillas and a handful of chopped white onions and cilantro, and a quarter lime, plus hot sauce. They've been around for maybe 60 years, you stand in line outside, stand in line inside with no air conditioning to order, pick up, and pay. The seating is picnic benches, some located next to the folks making tortillas and all the other foods. I treat these tortillas like a box of excellent chocolates--to be savored, as they are so rich. They are a community and Mexican food lover's treasure and should not be discounted because they aren't upscale--if food quality is your major concern. You can pre-order the day before or day of, but always expect a line except at opening and closing and sometimes then, too. It is always perfectly consistent, except when they run out of things which they often do. Don't expect to pick up a dozen tortillas much after noon (unless you pre-order). If anyone thinks they know of better tortillas or hot sauce, please let me know! These are special occasion treats as they are so fatty.