Ever since the demise of the original Tacos Punta Cabras, Santa Monicans have been pining to see a new shot in the arm of its Mexican food scene.
Unlike their neighbors in Sawtelle and Venice, who enjoy an increasing presence of good trucks and street stands, "Bay City" can feel bereft of original and worthy Mexican cooking, even managing to fall short of the bleached, weathier cliffs of Pacific Palisades, with its stellar Gracias Señor truck and convoys of loncheras feeding mega-mansion construction crews.
Fortunately, a flowering of worthy new concepts has hit Downtown Santa Monica and its surroundings in the past year, providing a smattering of solid new solid tacos and one fantastic roost where mole, mocha, and memelitas flow all-day.
Together, forever, we’re going to check them out right now.
