Little Tijuana

Today, I experienced the dilemma that begins Pollan's book, the "what should we eat?" dilemma. Driving around uptown and eat street and dinky town from about an hour produced few ideas, for a variety of reasons: too filling, not filling enough, not in the mood, too expensive, don't want red meat, don't want vegetarian, blah blah blah. Finally, my companion and I settled upon Little Tijuana off Nicollet, where I got three small guacamole tacos and he got two cheese and onion enchiladas. As an appetizer, we got fried chips and queso dip. Ishh, I can feel my insides beginning to congeal.

Anyway, I specifically chose the guacamole tacos because, ever since going to Colorado for spring break, a lot of Mexican food has entered my stomach, and none of it has seemed much "safer" than guacamole (and by safe, I mean to say that guacamole seems least likely to give me heartburn, stomach ache, weight gain, etc.), not to mention its based almost completely in the little alligator pear called Avocado, which is, like most "natural" things, healthy, energizing, whatever. Most people think of guac as a chip dip for parties, or just some sort of topping, but I see it as a tasty filling for most anything.

I wasn't too concerned about the economics behind my decision" the guac tacos were the same price as the chicken or steak or whatever else they had there. Anyway, I'd rather get the guacamole at a place like this, rather than some place like Chipotle, because it just feels better to support the underdog sometimes, doesn't it? I mean, we can at least assume that both places make their own guacamole, but who is more likely to have the more authenticity: BIG CORPORATION or the Little Guys around the Corner? I know where I'd rather go, how about you?