On Wed, 28 Aug 2013 11:29:11 -0700, Marcella Peek
> wrote:

> In article >,
> sf > wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 28 Aug 2013 08:40:17 -0600, casa contenta > wrote:
> >
> > > On 8/28/2013 12:37 AM, sf wrote:
> > > >
> > > > No restaurant makes their own tortillas around here. Chevy's had a
> > > > mechanical tortilla maker and I don't care what anyone says about
> > > > Chevy's - they made great tortillas.
> > >
> > > Darn it, you're being culturally deprived up that way, who knew? I've
> > > found great Mexican in San Diego
> >
> > Honestly, I can't stand the Mexican food in San Diego. I prefer
> > Northern California Mexican style. Labor is too expensive for a
> > restaurant to employ anyone just to make tortillas to go in a tortilla
> > warmer on the table. I can see them using one of these though.
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaK6xCCJH9c
>
> Picante in Berkeley has a lady standing there making corn tortillas.
>
> I hear there's another place in Oakland with a tortilla lady, but I've
> only been told and haven't been there.
>
Nice to know they're somewhere. The only place I ever knew that did
it on the premises (besides the factory where a group of ladies formed
the hand made type), was a long gone restaurant on outer Geary, called
El Sombrero - weekends only.

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