Taco Time in Cabo

While stuck in Cabo, without my van, I was "forced" to eat out every night, and that meant, Tacos!  I love tacos, really love almost anything in a tortilla, corn or flour, though I have yet to eat a flour tortilla in the Baja.  So, pretty much every night while in Cabo, I would head out into the evening in search of the best tacos, fish or otherwise, in Cabo.  Now understand, to really accomplish this goal, to find the best tacos in Cabo, would take, oh, maybe two to three, months, there are that many taquerias, and restaurants with tacos on the menu (which is uh, every restaurant in Cabo, and the Baja in general) in Cabo.   I had eight nights, so my search would be a short one, but nonetheless, I would work hard.  I had tacos seven nights (took a break for some ceviche, which I also love), and the best, were not even fish tacos, something for which the Baja is known.  The best tacos were from Las Guacamayas, which has two locations, one away from the center of insanity along the marina in Cabo, eight blocks or so from the Cabo Inn where I was staying, and one in the busy part of Cabo along the marina, etc.  I loved the tacos at Taqueria Las Guacamayas, the whole experience was great.  When I look for a place to eat in the Baja, and especially in Cabo, I look for a local place, with plastic, usually red table cloth, white plastic tables, and plastic chairs, often with a beer logo on the back of the chair.  I also look for a place with locals, a few gringos are ok, but if a place is dominated by tourists, I look elsewhere.  Las Guacamayas had no tourists the night I visited, the service was great, as was the ambiance, and of course, the tacos were the best I had.  The restaurant is an open-air place, though there are tables in the back.  The meal starts with bean soup, which was great, and then they bring out the accompaniments, and condiments.  This included two plates/platters, with red sauce (potentially very dangerous), green sauce (more my style, but caution still required), sometimes another red sauce (often chipotles), fresh salsa, and the most wonderful of all, creamed avocado, which they call guacamole.  Las Guacamayas also included a platter with flame roasted onions and jalapenos, plus lime wedges and cucumbers.  I usually stick to a few drops of red sauce, a little green sauce, maybe a bit of grilled onion, salsa, topped with the creamed avocado,  messy, but wonderful.  I had two tacos, one chorizo, and one bistec (steak), as they had no fish, or shrimp that day, with corn tortillas, as always.  And I washed it down with a Pacifico, or two, con limon, ice cold.  It was all fantastic, the beer, soup, tacos, service, the best tacos in Cabo, all for $124 pesos.  If you are in Cabo, check out Las Guacamayas, you will not be disappointed.

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