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    Middlefield Road, Redwood City

    Mrs. Wineguy and I went to one of the several El Grullense taquerias this week. Had excellent crisp/moist Carnitas and mediocre, dried out Al Pastor. I’m sure I can do better. What Taquerias/Mexican Restaurants do you like...

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    Early dinner recs near Shoreline Amphitheatre

    Shoreline is in Mountain View and not too far from downtown which has some pretty good food options from what I have heard. Taqueria El Grullense has a new restaurant w/ a full bar on Castro St. (the hub of Mtn View’s...

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    Carne Asada Burritos in the Peninsula?

    I like El Grullense Grill at 768 Woodside Rd. in Redwood City and El Grullense on Middlefield Rd. near Woodside Rd. (across from Costco next to Sigona Bros. Produce) in Redwood City.

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    Taquerias in Redwood City (on Middlefield btw Marsh and 84)

    Maybe not so adventurous but I will routinely stop at El Grullense and get two tacos with carnitas. Yumm. And their hot pickeled vegetables are killer. Everyone there is very nice to the middle aged non-latina sitting at the...

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    Taqueria in Redwood City

    Every El Grullense variation I have been to has had good, cheap tacos. I can never remember how they are related. La Casita Chilanga for great tortas as has been mentioned. El Grullense #1 (1243 Middlefield, Redwood City)- had...

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    It is done: All the Taquerias of Redwood City

    interactive map, at http://www.emeraldlake.com/tacos The handy clip-and-save cheat sheet: 1) Taqueria El Grullense, 1280 El Camino Real 2) El Grullense Grill, 768 Woodside Rd. 3) La Casita Chilanga No. 2, 761 El Camino Real 4)...

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    Redwood city

    and everywhere is good (Tacos El Grullense is a fav for burrito carry out, any of the locations) If you want to drive a little further south Palo Alto has tons of great food options. And to the north Burlingame and San Mateo have...

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    Mexican Tortas on the Peninsula

    If you are near Redwood City and happen to spot a taco truck called "El Grullo" (not el grullense) off Veteran’s near an old church, I’d highly recommend their tortas and tacos. Cheap, tasty and filling. The carnitas,...

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    Best Cheap Eats located Mid-Peninsula

    Depends on what you like. Veggies? Fried? A fav is the carnitas chimichunga at El Grullense? $ per cal is hard to beat.

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    Sit-down Mexican in Salinas?

    to and am very interested in trying is El Grullense in Acosta Plaza, as its truck is one of the most popular around and has great carnitas. Edited to add: Here’s a link for our taco crawl to Azteca, El Guero, and Jalisco....

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    Lety's Bakery, Salinas

    Stopped in this small Mexican bakery today for the first time. It shares the same shopping center as Taqueria El Grullense. The inventory is much smaller, more like the size of a subcontract in a grocery store. But everything...

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    Squash Blossoms

    Not exactly San Francisco, but last Saturday they had beautiful ones by the boxful at Sigona’s Farmers Market in Redwood City (across from Costco — or, perhaps more appropriately here, between La Estrellita and El...

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    What is your favorite Mexican from trucks to sitdown?

    I would do a search for the following places – all of which have been mentioned on Chowhound and are my current favorites: Otaez (Oakland, sit down) El Grullense (I think it’s #3? It’s in Redwood City on...

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    Peninsula - Gilroy : Good Taqueria close to 280/17/85/101

    if you can hold out another 20 min from Gilroy, Salinas is Taco Truck Heaven. Tacos El Grullense is parked on Kern St, a pebble toss from the northbound lanes of 101. Melanie Wong describes it so well......

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    Good Frozen Yogurt: Palo Alto/Menlo Park??

    The best frozen yogurt I’ve had in this area is in Redwood City on El Camino called Yumi Yogurt. Drive north on El Camino, it is located on your right side just past El Grullense. Most flavors are fat-free, but I promise,...

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