tripledigitken
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La Costa Restaurant, RIP
We spent some time in Tijuana today. We went down to get out visa's in advance of a trip and had to go into town for some lunch. I have been going
to La Costa on 7th for a long time. Lots of memories of taking first time visitors to eat in TJ there. It was a restaurant Americans felt
comfortable in, yet still had an authentic Mexican vibe. A typical meal would be Pescado Frito con Ajo. A whole fried fresh fish with garlic. With
the meal would come fried smelt appetizer, fish soup, the entre, and a c-cktail that was a creamy rum concoction that I could drink a quart of. All
for a reasonable price. It wasn't just Americans there but local families, business people all enjoying a civilized meal.
I've known of it's existence for close to 30 years I'm guessing. The recession, the drug wars all have taken a toll I assume. Maybe fdt or Jesse
know of their moving to another location and I hope that is the case, but I doubt it.
Revolution Ave. with many closed shops.
Little traffic even for a rainy saturday.
[Edited on 2-8-2010 by tripledigitken]
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tjBill
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La Costa closed about 2 years ago. Along with the fall of downtown TJ businesses. 
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Ken.....Those look like vintage fotos. The "ghost town" quality really called for black and white. Thanks.
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that is wierd to see TJ like that. It got to the point for me to stop going to my dentist there and pay 5 times the price in the US. But I guess my
head attached to my body is worth it.
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Natalie Ann
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Neat pix, Ken. I especially like that last one for it's puddles and the reflections in them.
Looks very lonely. Not the TJ I remember.
nena
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Ken your photo talent blows my mind!!
part of it is i am color blind (my downfall as a hopeful military pilot....)
so i really like the crisp images of B&W as a medium.
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Great pix, Ken. What a stark reminder of how times have changed; and not for the better. I can't even count the number of times we strolled around
that area, just soaking up the festive ambiance. Can't even imagine the area ever recapturing its past. But, we can hope.
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tripledigitken
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Thanks for all the kind comments. It was sad walking those streets that so many of us have fond memories of. It was worse than I expected to see.
The one bright spot was that one of my favorite restaurants, Chicki Jai, is still in business and we took in a lunch there. In business since 1947 I
hope they make it through this.
I'll post some pictures of it.
Ken
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