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Roland Rubalcava helps his family run a full-fledged meat market and a bakery with bolillos as fluffy on the inside as cotton, as sturdy on the outside as an empanada. The pan dulces are sweet and baked non-stop; the quinceañera cakes, already a North County institution. They also feature a full-fledged taqueria, with massive tacos featuring all Mexican-meat cuts, gargantuan burritos, humongous tortas—food that pleases working-class wabs and football players from Esperanza High alike.
"Today it's tacos de papa," Roland says as he slaps a bag of tortillas down on our stainless steel workspace. Daylight savings has kept the sun around for our evening meetings and the tiny kitchen in ... More »
A couple of weeks ago, Roland Rubalcava of Rubalcava's Bakery asked if he could meet me. I had him join me on one of my reviews, and he busted out two thimbles of Sriracha sauce. "Try them, and tell m... More »
Roland Rubalcava of Rubalcava's Bakery prefaces this month's demonstration with a truth that, now stated, will hopefully keep a couple of people from commenting, "That's not how my mama does it!" on t... More »
I admit it. Before meeting with Roland Rubalcava a couple of days ago I had no idea what pozole was, and I actually called it "Po-zol" (the e is silent?) However, after a quick explanation from my ext... More »
We chow on puffy tacos and Diablo fries before the market gets ready to close for the night. And there's still time for a few more questions. Roland-- the tortillas we purchased were excellent!R... More »
We think we know what a good flour tortilla is, but we don't. What we eat here is almost universally tripe (with no insult meant toward fatty, juicy, sweet tripe, mind you), with no flavor whatsoever, far removed from the buttery, flaky flatbread wonders of Arizona, New Mexico and Texas borne from their closeness to Northern Mexico. Thankfully, this year has seen the emergence of not only OC's first edible flour tortilla, but also a fantastic one: those made by Roland Rubalcava at his... More »
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