just north of the border - View this location on map since san diego is just 16 miles from mexico, it makes sense that the city's signature fare, after seafood, is mexican. el agave tequileria (619-220-0692) boasts more than 1,000 different kinds of tequila. though the menu is full of familiar dishes (like an appetizer assortment of quesadillas, empanadas and taquitos, $19.75), there are also more unusual choices like the nopalli nopal, a cactus-leaf salad ($9.25), or sea bass tenochtitlan, a marinated fillet surrounded with chile pasilla-prune sauce ($26.25). New York Times 2304 san diego avenue, San Diego, CA Restaurant

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