Taco Express: Amazing Carnitas

  I love carnitas.  It’s hands down my favorite type of meat when it comes to taco shops and Mexican restaurants.  There are two types of carnitas, chunk and shredded.  I prefer the shredded.  After visiting hundreds of taco shops in the San Diego area, I cannot find better carnitas for the price than the carnitas…

Tequila Basics

      SDMXN.com Tequila Basics: Tequila is a spirit (distilled alcohol) made from the agave plant and it’s the local alcohol for Mexico. Tequila falls into two categories: 100% agave tequila and other tequila not made from 100% agave (and which I won’t discuss because you should only be drinking 100% agave tequila). Types of…

Best Burrito Contest - San Diego Mexican Food

America’s Best Burrito

Nate Silver of fivethirtyeight.com fame has decided to use his statistical prowess to attempt to identify America’s best burrito. The bracket can be found here:  Bracket Map view can be found here: Map Methodology can be found here: Methodology San Diego has three entries in the top 64: El Zarape Luche Libre Lolitas Honorable Mention: JV’s The…

Will’s top meat substitutions

In this entry I discuss mind blowing meat substitutions.  Do you love California Burritos?  Do you love carnitas?  Have you ever thought about substituting carnitas for the carne asada in a California burrito?  How about substituting pollo asada for the carne asada in a California burrito?  The first time you make a meat substitution you’re going to ask yourself…

Carne Asada Burrito | San Diego Mexican Food

Welcome to the sdMXN.com Blog

Our Mission sdMXN.com is a first of its kind resource for information and insight into Mexican food in San Diego.  sdMXN.com is exclusively devoted to providing information on Mexican food in San Diego, with reviews and ratings for Taco Shops, Restaurants & Bars, and markets. Unlike yelp or other review aggregation sites, sdMXN.com offers visitors…