{"id":7838,"date":"2012-12-30T01:19:18","date_gmt":"2012-12-30T08:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/?p=7838"},"modified":"2012-12-30T02:03:08","modified_gmt":"2012-12-30T09:03:08","slug":"food-lucha-libre-gourmet-taco-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2012\/12\/30\/food-lucha-libre-gourmet-taco-shop\/","title":{"rendered":"Food: Lucha Libre Gourmet Taco Shop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Food]<\/p>\n<h1>Lucha Libre Gourmet Taco Shop<\/h1>\n<h3>Mission Hills &#8211; San Diego, CA<\/h3>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-share-button\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" data-count=\"none\" data-via=\"reviewermag\">Tweet<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><b>Lucha Libre Gourmet Taco Shop<br \/>\n1810 W. Washington St<br \/>\nSan Diego, CA 92103<br \/>\n619-296-8226<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tacosmackdown.com\">tacosmackdown.com<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Reviewed by Bob Younger<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Food review: Lucha Libre Taco Shop on Washington Street. Sucks! Haha, just kidding. It was as great as all its hype. &#8220;The Supra&#8221; quesadilla was loaded with juicy, well-prepped chicken, and the cheese (mozzarella?) was generously applied. Plus they didn\u2019t skimp on the avo slices! Let me underscore, these were <u>real chunks<\/u> of fresh avocado, not guacamole like you might find in a lazy tacos shop. No se\u00f1or. Their varied complement of salsas awaited on the condiments table, where I loaded up three auxiliary cups &#8211; one with dark red, one bright green, and a pale tangy one the color of seafoam &#8211; to put on the side of my tray when the order came up and I responded to the call of my name over the intercom from out front in the cold, wet patio tables.<\/p>\n<p>I topped it off with a bottle of orange Jarritos soda and it was all for under $10. Will come back, despite how the girl at the cash register that took my order kept coughing into her hand up until she handed me back my change. Well, I was a cold night with rain and a winter storm blowing in off San Diego Bay. At least she promptly applied a hand sanitizer after doing so and before she got my corn chips.<\/p>\n<p>In all the years it had been open (since 2008 according to its website) and possessed its reputation along with Pokey&#8217;s downtown of being a highly &#8220;cool&#8221; hipster San Diego place to eat, I&#8217;d yet to consume one of Lucha&#8217;s meals, until now. Well, I might have picked at the taco tray at The Casbah. Wasn&#8217;t it them who&#8217;d do a free buffet Monday night or something? But other than that I just hadn&#8217;t made the trip there yet. Guess I&#8217;m not that cool&#8230; <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll say it again. This food was great. A their chicken quesadilla made a superb and hearty meal for $6.50.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<h5>Below: the order as depicted on the awesome reviewermag Instagram.<br \/>At bottom is a video from Lucha&#8217;s Youtube channel.<\/h5>\n<p><\/center><figure id=\"attachment_7839\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7839\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/lucha-libre-quesadilla.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/lucha-libre-quesadilla.jpg?w=550\" alt=\"Lucha Libre Gourmet Taco Shop quesadilla with fresh avocado slices.\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-7839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/lucha-libre-quesadilla.jpg?w=612&amp;ssl=1 612w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/lucha-libre-quesadilla.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/lucha-libre-quesadilla.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7839\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lucha Libre Gourmet Taco Shop quesadilla with <i>fresh avocado<\/i> slices.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"559\" height=\"314\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xjNHHWLHJ2E\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Food] Lucha Libre Gourmet Taco Shop Mission Hills &#8211; San Diego, CA Tweet Lucha Libre Gourmet Taco Shop 1810 W. Washington St San Diego, CA 92103 619-296-8226 tacosmackdown.com Reviewed by Bob Younger Food review: Lucha Libre Taco Shop on Washington Street. Sucks! Haha, just kidding. It was as great as all its hype. &#8220;The Supra&#8221; quesadilla was loaded with juicy, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":453,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[733,576,606,578,730],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-event-coverage","category-food","category-lifestytle","category-news-commentary","category-opinion"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11227,"url":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2015\/02\/18\/food-review-el-pescador-la-jolla\/","url_meta":{"origin":7838,"position":0},"title":"food review: El Pescador La Jolla","author":"Reviewer Rob","date":"February 18, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"[Food Review] El Pescador in La Jolla's High End Decline words and photos by Reviewer Rob When I was in high school in 1981 we used to surf 11th Street in Del Mar and then go eat a fish and shrimp Combo sandwich at El Pescador Fish Market and restaurant\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;beauty&quot;","block_context":{"text":"beauty","link":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/category\/beauty\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"el-pescador-receipt","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/el-pescador-receipt.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7204,"url":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2012\/09\/14\/nobu-sushi-resaurant-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":7838,"position":1},"title":"Nobu Sushi Restaurant review","author":"Reviewer Rob","date":"September 14, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"[Food Review]Nobuby Gwenniepenny Nobu is world-famous for its fresh sushi, and loved by many, many celebs and high rollers for the luxury of having fresh sushi from Japan flown over and expertly prepared right in the US. 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