baja1943
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TJ update
http://tinyurl.com/66nyjgq
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DENNIS
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Thanks. Borderland Beat is always informative.
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JESSE
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Now their complaining because murders are down??
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Vince
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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.
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baja1943
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Glad you enjoyed your lunch.
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| 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.
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Bajahowodd
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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
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krafty
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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.
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