Gypsy Jan
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Tacos Cantamar is Closed, But Mariscos Alegria is Going Strong
The taco shop in the parking lot adjacent to the Pemex in Cantamar (the place with the lighthouse tower) was closed up for six months.
It is operated by the family that owns and operates Sandra's Restaurant in Puerto Nuevo.
Tacos Cantamar is a very nice place to eat alfresco on the palapa shaded deck, looking out to the northeast at El Coronel mountain where one of Pancho
Villa's generals is rumored to have buried his stash of treasure.
We ordered two grande quesadillas - one carne asada and one babacoa de res (shredded, stewed beef in a mildly spicy sauce) in flour tortillas, also a
shrimp taco, a fish taco and a barbacoa taco in corn tortillas.
$128 pesos for a huge meal and there was plenty leftover for lunch today (the fish taco reheated in the microwave was simply delish).
[Edited on 10-6-2011 by Gypsy Jan]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Gypsy Jan
Tacos Cantamar is a very nice place to eat alfresco on the palapa shaded deck, looking out to the northeast at El Coronel mountain where one of Pancho
Villa's generals is rumored to have buried his stash of treasure.
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Ah, it is easier to find the rewards at Tacos Cantamar than gold or money at El Coronel mountain--- Think I will hunt for tacos at Cantamar, LOL!!
Take Care & Travel Safe "No Hurry, No Worry, Just Fun" bajafun777
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Cantamar is an old name from the past for me. Sounds delicioso! A cold beer and sweet beachside tacos with a view up to the mtns. Thanks for
sharing. And the history! Tio
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Gypsy Jan
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Hi, tiotomasbcs
Just so you know, Tacos Cantamar does not sell alcoholic beverages.
But, if you walk past the Pemex station to the mini-market in the same parking lot on the south, you can bring back the beverage of your choice.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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I never get to eat them alfresco. We get tacos and gas, and I have to eat on the road. I love that off ramp.
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Bajafun777
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Gypsy Jan, really like your posts on places in and around Rosarito and Cantamar areas. My wife and I will just have to buy you a cold one at Splash
when we get over there. We plan to be sitting at the bar June 3rd by 1pm. Nick knows my wife Donna and me, Gary, since we were in there so much last
year. Can't wait to be there out of the heat of Imperial Valley!! Take Care & Travel Safe " No Hurry, No Worry, Just FUN"
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Gypsy Jan
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We Have a Date!
I will be there.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
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\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
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You got it and Nick as you know gets the "cold ones" out fast,LOL. Take Care & Travel Safe " No Hurry, No Worry, Just FUN" bajafun777
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I was really looking forward to trying this place yesterday. In the past, every time I've driven past, it was closed.
I drove by Tacos Cantamar yesterday around 11:30a.m. and everything was closed up. We asked a gentlemen setting up sand bags on the dirt roadway
between the taco stand and the Palm Restaurant just to the north, and he said they've closed up. He said they took all the equipment out and left. I
believe the picnic tables were gone from the wood patio area.
Maybe he was just trying to get us to come inside his restaurant. 
Not sure, but one more time I've gone by and one more time it was closed.
[Edited on 10-6-2011 by SoCal-Bob]
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Never cared much for that place, ate there dozens of time while i stayed at Cantamar, it was expensive, average, and the portions small.
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Gypsy Jan
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The Closing of Tacos Cantamar
Is somehow related to the closing of the Cantamar Pemex.
They certainly didn't shut down due to lack of business.
The family that operated Tacos Cantamar also has a restaurant in Puerto Nuevo named Sandra's.
For good tacos in Primo Tapia/Cantamar, try Mariscos Alegria. Battered and sauteed shrimp tacos; delicious good battered fish tacos and shrimp, mixed
c-cktails with oysters and/or clams when they are in stock), campechana c-cktails and excellent fish soups and consomme.
Mariscos Alegria is located on the left side if you are going south, on the free road through town right next door to the glass window shop that is
next door to the tire shop.
There is a large mural of a smiling blue octopus painted above the entrance.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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| Quote: | Originally posted by JESSE
Never cared much for that place, ate there dozens of time while i stayed at Cantamar, it was expensive, average, and the portions small.
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but they serve the only tortillas that microwave well... 
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
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Gypsy Jan
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I Forgot to Mention
Mariscos Alegria hand-makes their flour tortillas to order.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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JESSE
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Gypsy Jan
Mariscos Alegria hand-makes their flour tortillas to order. |
I wonder if they microwave well for Wooosh.
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