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TJ update

baja1943 - 6-24-2011 at 09:07 AM

http://tinyurl.com/66nyjgq

DENNIS - 6-24-2011 at 09:11 AM

Thanks. Borderland Beat is always informative.

JESSE - 6-24-2011 at 11:01 AM

Now their complaining because murders are down??:rolleyes:

Vince - 6-24-2011 at 12:27 PM

We just went to Tijuana for a day trip 3 days ago. The lunch at Los Arcos was excellent as was the service. It was easy driving around town and there were only 5 cars in the Sentri line coming home. Should go more often.

baja1943 - 6-24-2011 at 02:01 PM

Glad you enjoyed your lunch.

jenny.navarrette - 6-24-2011 at 02:20 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Vince
We just went to Tijuana for a day trip 3 days ago. The lunch at Los Arcos was excellent as was the service. It was easy driving around town and there were only 5 cars in the Sentri line coming home. Should go more often.


There's a Los Arcos in Chula Vista. Same owners and same menu. They put it there to cater to all the Tijuanenses that moved to the US due to the violence.



Same Mexican cooks and wait staff as TJ. It's at 89 Bonita Rd. Chula Vista. No border wait and you don't need a passport or $122.25 per person Sentry card.

Bajahowodd - 6-24-2011 at 03:36 PM

It does make sense that stateside fans of Los Arcos would find immensely less hassle by visiting the Chula Vista location, assuming their intent was to just have a meal, and not have any other business SOB.

However, Los Arcos is far from a mom and pop operation, having 19 locations that span not only the Chula Vista location, but ten different cities in Mexico.

The good news, I suppose, is that none of them are franchised, but rather company owned.

That said, Real Mex operates a ton of Mexican Restaurants across the US, with Chevy's being the only one they franchise. So the El Torito and Acapulco locations are company owned.

OK. I'm sure people will groan over the comparison of Los Arco to El Torito, but I just wanted to make the point that Los Arcos is not the mom and pop some might think it to be.

http://www.realmexrestaurants.com/company.asp

krafty - 6-24-2011 at 08:36 PM

Pretty place, but when we go over to the US we tend to go for other food rather than Mexican, but do support alot of restaurants down here.