Fidel’s has been in Eden Gardens since the 1960’s when Fidel Montanez started selling tacos in his barber shop.
Now it’s enormous and most of the structure was not in use for a weekday lunch. I wandered around after I placed my order.
So many old photos and artworks to gaze upon.
Lunch started with complimentary chips. They were hot but missing the greasy freshly fried aroma. I didn’t really like the flavor which made me think of those party size bag of chips where the price is good but you wonder about the quality.
Carne asada taco with flour tortillas. Carne asada was tender and had a beef flavor with a hint of sweetness from being marinated. 2 tortillas hid the flavor of the beef. Tasted better with just 1 tortilla.
Carnitas taco with flour tortillas had pork which was dry and had minimal flavor. I had to drink a lot of soda water to stay hydrated. Even after I removed a tortilla it was hard to taste the flavor of the pork.
Tacos were $6.95 and large size. 2 were perfect for lunch. This is not a good place to order tacos plain as the double flour tortillas overpowered the flavors from the meat. This is a great place to socialize as there are lots of drink options, staff was real nice and I liked how this place looks.
607 Valley Ave
Solana Beach, CA 92075
(858) 755-5292
Sounds like it would be fun to walk around and look at all the pictures and various decorations throughout. Bummer about the taco ingredient quality.
Meats look dry even in the photos, will make sure to avoid this place if I am in the area!
It looked like a place to drink rather than get awesome tacos.