Tacos TiaJuana

Chula Vista, San Diego · Mexican · $

Most San Diego taco shops buy their tortillas; the pillowy corn ones here are pressed from fresh masa, which is the single biggest reason this Mace Street spot gets talked about by people who eat in Tijuana regularly. The adobada comes off a vertical trompo and the carne asada is grilled over wood, the two pillars of the TJ taco. It is a small operation on an unglamorous block, which is how you know.