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Adalberto’s take two: The torta

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Adalberto's torta

Finding San Diego style Mexican Food in the Bay Area is not very easy. Even though a previous trip to Adalberto’s left Team Burritowings mostly unimpressed, the call of the South is too loud to ignore—at least for Cory and me, the San Diego transplants.

For me this trip was all about the torta. Finding a proper torta is surprisingly difficult in San Francisco. Delicious as they may be, the bread is never quite right. Considering the rolled tacos and carne asada burrito from last trip, chances were pretty good the torta would at least be mostly correct. After all, Adalberto’s is a San Diego restaurant. Even if that deliciousness isn’t fully exportable.

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Delta, Fairfield, San Diego, Suisun City

March of the -berto’s

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San Diego style Mexican food has been steadily encroaching upon the Bay Area. Which is good news to all SD transplants. There are rumors of what may be an actual (or not) Roberto’s in San Jose. A trip down from San Francisco will soon enough solve that problem, but one thing is for sure: there is at least one ’berto’s close by. Adalberto’s in Fairfield.

Rolled tacos and tortas are the two great SD style Mex foods that San Francisco taquerias cannot seem to get right. The burritos are very different too, but time has blended those lines with SD establishments occasionally offering rice as an option. As for the relatively recent trend of adding French fries to burritos, well, lets just say I don’t crave those burritos.

It was the rolled tacos that lured the Burritowing team to Adalberto’s in Fairfield. That and the opportunity to kick around the California Delta for the day. A previous trip to Suisun City proved to be a delicious excursion, perhaps the discovery of an honest-to-goodness ‘berto’s would surface as a much needed flavor the Bay Area has sorely been missing.

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