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Baja Fish Taco in San Diego
San Diego, California

Baja Fish Taco

Beer-battered whitefish in a warm corn tortilla with cabbage, crema, and salsa — the San Diego street food that launched the nationwide fish-taco craze after Ralph Rubio brought the recipe home from Baja in the 1970s.

Try it at: Rubio's, the chain Rubio started as a Mission Bay walk-up stand in 1983