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I’m from the West (Best) Coast and This Is Where I Eat Tacos in NYC

Where a California-native, current New Yorker finally found delicious, authentic Mexican food in NYC (for a great price, too)  It’s a tired but true complaint: Every Cali transplant who moves out east laments the lack of “real” Mexican food in NYC. It’s hard to find satiety in the absence of tacos from LA’s Tacos Leos or…

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La Morada in the South Bronx Serves Some Delicious Oaxacan Food

New Yorkers love to whine about the Mexican food here. I sorta understand why: Chipotle and Qdoba easily sell more burritos — which, incidentally, were pretty much invented in California — than every other Mexican restaurant in Manhattan put together.Don’t get me wrong: I like a good Chipotle burrito as much as the next guy.But I love…

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NYC’s Top-5 Mexican Spots (from a LA transplant)

  So delicious I grew up in Los Angeles and after traveling for some time, I developed a theory: the farther away from LA I was, the harder it was to find good Mexican food. When I moved to NYC seven years ago, I was cautiously hopeful about finding decent Mexican food.After some trials…

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