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David K
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Don't most states (not just L.A. County) have health inspectors of restaurants? VERY RARE to see a 'B' rated restaurant... I think they have a limited
number of days to get back to their 'A' rating (here in California).
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Bajahowodd
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I'm thinking maybe Pompano feels his thread was hijacked. Sorry, but the gift shop(s) are very conspicuous. David K- Of course there are health
inspections most places in the states. However, LA County was a pioneer with the letter grade system, and the plaque that had to be placed in a
conspicuous location. To this day, for instance, Orange County does not use the letter system.
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shari
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Mood: there is no reality except the one contained within us "Herman Hesse"
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Santiago...wasnt it ME who told you about Cowboys??? tee hee"
the owner Chavelo is a friend of mine and when he was making his first sign for the taco stand, he asked me how to say vaquero in english so I wrote
it down for him...I laughed when the first big sign went up that proudly said..."Cow Boy" tacos!! Chavelo used to be the jefe out at the lagoon and
has come a long way to attain his dream.
I have had the unpeasant experience of getting sick at a variety of excellent baja restaurants....including my favorite one in GN, La Cazuelas...and
the upscale Santo Remedio too...but keep going back as I think at times it is an isolated affair...one bad shrimp or scallop can do it....unless of
course I hear of repeat offenders. But never got sick at a decent taco stand!
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vacaenbaja
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I once got DEATHLY ILL after eating at CASA MAR in
Ensenada. I never had a problem there in the past. Maybe it was the
"Seafood Special" that I had ordered. I was like a King on his throne
all night long. Anything that could leak or secrete did,sometimes all at once.
Chills headache etc. At check out the maids came in and then made a hasty
retreat. A real biohazzard. Did I go back and eat at the Casa Mar. In time
yes. Luck of the draw I guess.
I had some seafood poisoning while in La Paz once after eating at one of
the better seafood establishments. Had me in bed all nigh until past checkout time. I had nausea and a spliting headache. Drove to Loreto
where I was to fish the next morning with a icepack on my head.
I go to the house of a friend of mine who is a local . They have a large well watered garden do to the fact that they have a well. My friends wife
keeps a large number of medicinal plants and made me up something with what looked like aloevera or cactus and some other herbs. I doubfully drank the
concoction down, and in a while felt much relieved. I was able to fish that next morning too. Worked better than any modern drug that I could have
purchased. You can get ill from even the best eatery.
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Bajahowodd
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| Quote: | | You can get ill from even the best eatery. |
Exactly. Unless it becomes a chronic problem, which will probably lead to going out of business anyway, one needs to get back on the horse.
I think folks also have short memories regarding Mexico's public hygiene. Not all those many years ago, electrification was only a dream outside the
largest cities. Electrification brought refrigeration. Purified water developed into widespread use. I really am amazed at how seldom I even think
about ordering a salad or eating raw seafood. 30 years ago, NEVER would have happened.
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bree09
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Seems like a good place to me. Will definitely make a visit soon.
Regards,
Bree
prêts travaux
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Crusoe
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MEXICAN HYGENE.....In the year 2000 at Christmas time while camping at Tecolote and having fun in La Paz, and while walking on the Maleceon we needed
to find a public restroom. It was high noon, and the good lady at the Visitor Center told us the only thing available was to use the facilitys at the
bus station 3 blocks to the east. So finding the rest room temporarely closed we were told to go alongside the building between it and the fence.
After finding my way back there I had to get in line in the hot sun as I was watching a line of Mexican men crapping on the ground all over amongst
the dogs and flys, only about 50' from the public sidewalk, but hidden by some banna trees.My wife says "we are not going to eat anywhere around here.
Lets get back to Tecolote." Hey its just Mexico!! Yikes.. ++C++
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Pompano
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Sometime around 1972 or 3, we were looking for lauching places around what is now San Lucas Cove campground. There was a solitary fish taco hut there
at the time and we were famished. We ate those tacos con mucho gusto..and all three of us almost died later that day. I still recall that day
whenever I smell old grease...
Then there was the time we ate chocolates (clams) during a red tide. That was as bad as a ruptured appendix.
I have a favorite Baja book given to me by Tom Miller..Eating Your Way Through Baja. We met while at a Lake Chapala roadside cafe years ago. He
autographed it.."May Montezuma's Shadow never cross your path." Unfortunately I have stumbled across that shadow way too many times. 
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Ken Bondy
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I once brought back amoebic dysentery from Brazil. I won't describe in detail how unpleasant that was. But after over a hundred flying trips and
four driving trips to southern Baja I can enthusiastically report that I have only been sick a few times, and those passed quickly, so to speak.
carpe diem!
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Pompano
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I would give good money to replace an old Tom's Baits t-shirt I once had. It read ...."Today's Bait - Tomorrow's Sushi"
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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