Cross Border
Cross border events & reports. Southern California. San Diego.
Baja California has been a magnet for immigrants from all around Mexico for over a century. The result is that Mexico’s 29th state is now
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After an 18-month hiatus due to the pandemic, late 2021 and 2022 marked A Gringo in Mexico’s triumphant return to Baja California and all
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Last week, restaurant Animalón in the Valle de Guadalupe–Baja California’s wine country–was inaugurated into Latin America’s 50
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I’ve been a fan of chef Drew Bent and his food since the 2018 opening of his upscale taqueria LOLA 55 in San Diego’s East Village.
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An 18-month absence from Baja California during the first wave of COVID forced me to feed my massive taco jones on this side of the border
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From the late seventies through the early nineties, “Tijuana Window to the South”—a thirty-minute show on San Diego public
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When considering Mexican cuisine in San Diego, the usual suspects spring to mind… California burritos as big as one’s forearm, stuffed
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In 2019, my friends Fernando Cuevas, Francisco “Paco” Perez and I launched Three Amigos Taco Tours. Our mission is to take the curious
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The Mexican Minute with A Gringo in Mexico EPISODE 3: Baja California Fish Tacos Hey everyone! This is Scott Koenig, and bienvenido to
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The Mexican Minute with A Gringo in Mexico EPISODE 2: The Beatles in Mexico Hey everyone! This is Scott Koenig, and bienvenido to episode
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