A new taco store has opened up in the South Bay, bringing Tijuana’s famed Las Ahumaderas taco alley to San Diego County’s flourishing taco scene.
What is Las Ahumaderas like in Tijuana?
Las Ahumaderas is an internationally-identified and established eatery in Tijuana comprised of various taco stands.
Love for the taco shop was primarily held to Tijuana inhabitants and San Diegans — right up until countrywide interest was brought to it when renowned Anthony Bourdain frequented Las Ahumaderas on his television show “No Reservations.”
“Las Ahumaderas: The Unique Tijuana Taco” in Chula Vista has been in the functions for the previous 26 months due to delays from the pandemic. The house was at the time a Chinese buffet named Ocean Town.
“My favorites are the adobada ones. The marinade we use is a recipe from my uncle who started the ‘El Poblano’ tacos, and we bring it instantly from Tijuana,” said Pedro Rodríguez, founder of “Las Ahumaderas: The Initial Tijuana Taco.”
Rodriguez talked about that his uncle was the operator of “15 Letras,” a taqueria exactly where “El Poblano” tacos have been born. In accordance to Rodríguez, it was his uncle who named the web site: Las Ahumaderas.
The Rodríguez loved ones has multiple “El Polano” taquerias in Tijuana and the owner has dreamed of opening the place since 2008.
What is Las Ahumaderas like in Chula Vista?
The founder of Las Ahumaderas in Chula Vista pressured that this location is distinctive from the a single in Tijuana due to the fact there is only a single taqueria in this place when compared to the various taquerias that make up the place of Las Ahumaderas south of the border. Even so, he said that he desires the flavor and environment to be the exact as in Tijuana.
“What we did was check out to divide the sections, the asada, the birria, the adobada, the hen, the suadero, the tripita, by sections, so the seem looks as if it have been the people who smoke,” he claimed.
We tried using to modernize the restaurant, so that they have a ‘feeling’ of getting there in a taqueria.
Founder of Las Ahumaderas in Chula Vista
What‘s on the menu at Chula Vista’s Las Ahumaderas?
Rodriguez pointed out they have tacos of asada, birria, adobada, rooster, suadero, tripa.
In collaboration with other companies this kind of as Helote, and Creperia Nutilda, they sell esquites, elotes, baked potatoes with flank steak, monster nachos with corn and meats, and more.
They also have fresh new drinking water this sort of as hibiscus and strawberry, as nicely as traditional glass comfortable beverages, and some in cans.
What are the hours of Las Ahumaderas in Chula Vista?
Rodriguez stated that the “smooth opening” transformed into a “grand opening,” and thanked the group for their response, but claimed it was anything he did not hope. So it would not have established functioning hrs nevertheless.
At the instant, the several hours are Monday by Sunday from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Rodriguez stated he hopes to soon transform it from 8 a.m. to 1 a.m. on weekdays, and 11 a.m. to 3 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.
Rodriguez also stated that they hope to have a beer bar and even a brief sushi menu quickly.
