FTT! FTT! FTT! Fish Taco Tuesday!! At Rubio’s Baja Grill!
First let’s get to saving money, $1.25 fish tacos- and their pretty damn good! I don’t even know how much they cost on a regular day but you can’t go wrong for a buck twenty five!!!
Me and the Krazy girlfriend try to do FTT as often as we can- we’re on a budget now so we don’t do it as often as we used to. To save that extra bit of cash we get it with 2 cups for water. The Rubio’s we go to has soda water, so with a squeeze of the free lime -we get a refreshing and cheap bev! 😉
Now for my taco experience. Let me just say I grew up in the hood -East Los Angeles, Ca. I’ve eaten tacos from anywhere and everywhere you can possibly conjure up. I loved the “tacos a vapor” that I had in Tijuana- it was some guy with a steaming cart, sort of like the guys walking around with their paleta (popsicle) carts. They were steamed and FABULOUS!! I’ve had tacos at midnight in the parking lot of a liquor store- tacos Al Pastor, marinated pork tacos for about a buck in the big corn tortillas not the small ones. Those were so juicy and flavorful– if you’re local (or loco), the guy used to be on Indiana just north of Whittier blvd. He used to sell tacos in the parking lot of a liquor store by Stevenson Jr. High. These no doubt were a close second.
Now for the best tacos I’ve ever had, we go back to Rubio’s! You have to try the GOURMET GRILLED SIRLOIN STEAK TACOS w/ bacon!! These tacos are made with some new drug- when you take the first bite it’s like getting high! You have to close your eyes and savor every second of the breakdown in your mouth. The burnt cheese, the salsa, the meat, the avocado and of course the subtle touch at the end- that fabulous bacon. If you let yourself go and moan like ya did when you were a kid, it’s EUPHORIA!!
I don’t get a cut from Rubio’s, this post is for YOU, not ME, not Rubio’s– for YOU, my dear friends on a budget looking for something pleasant on this hamster wheel we call life. (oops! sorry, a little too deep!) Hey it’s just a great taco and something to be experienced. I’ve noticed that not all the locations make them exactly the same, so you may have to try a few different spots. Our recommendations are Glendale, Pasadena, and Monrovia where the service is usually great and the tacos are usually fabulous. For the folks out there reading this post that don’t have a Rubio’s nearby, if you come to town for a visit make it a point to stop by.
We used to order ala carte, but we figured out if you get the two taco plate you get beans and chips for a couple dollars more. They sell beer there too 😉 but don’t drink and drive! 
Or have your significant other drive you! 
We haven’t really tried any of the other Gourmet Grilled tacos like the chicken or shrimp, we got hooked on the steak and stuck with it.
To our vegetarian friends out there we say GOMEN!! (that’s sorry in Japanese) with a very sincere and respectful bow. To my beer drinking taco eating carnivore friends we say take someone to drive you home cuz a couple of beers with them tacos is sheer heaven-no disrespect to our religious friends!! Tuesday is coming! Enjoy, Enjoy, ENJOY!!
Bottoms-up! enjoy ur beer! K.Z.
