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A liquor store that serves tacos? A taqueria that sells booze? However you describe La Tejana, you're likely to throw in such adjectives as "favorite" and "best." The food is that good. The menu, handwritten and taped to the wall, is basic: tacos, tortas and a few platters with meat, rice and refried beans. Try the tacos campechanos, a mixture of steak and chorizo, and the brawny, porcine tacos al pastor. The highlight is the weekend preparation of carnitas, crisp on the outside, tender inside, and outrageously flavorful.
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You can buy booze at La Tejana Taqueria. Cowboy boots, too. In fact, you enter this north-county joint through the adjacent liquor store. Buy a bottle of beer while you're passing through. (You'll pay slightly above retail if you drink it with your meal.) The dining room is about as casual as a dining room can be -- the menu is written by hand and taped to the wall, one dish per sheet of paper -- but the food that comes out of the kitchen is serious business. Of course, there are... More »
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