Al Pastor Authentic Mexican Grill (Chula Vista)

The name has changed (Aqui Es Texcoco), the ownership is the same.  Still great food.  

mmm-yoso!!! is the blog name.  Bloggers are (usually) Kirk and (today) Cathy.  Posts are random: locations, type of food,  liked or not.  Today: Chula Vista, Mexican, liked.

I had heard of it: Kirk posted last June and again in October.  It's owned by the same person who owns Aqui es Texcoco (where I've gone for breakfast). In late December, cc and I had a little 'food crawl', stopping here.

The clean 'Mexico City' decor has televisions scattered throughout and it's not busy in the early morning. The Mister and I returned a week later. This post shows both visits and breakfasts ordered.

The first menu page (top, far left) is 'breakfasts', but both menus are served all day.  

We ordered a Chicharron de Queso ($6.50).  Simple grilled, rolled cheese along with simple guacamole.  Excellent.
 Al pastor ($2.50), costilla (rib meat)($2.75) and chuleta ahumada (smoked pork chop)($2.65) tacos.  We liked the al pastor best; the spit grilled, pork based, chili/spice marinated, pineapple topped meat was moist, flavorful and satisfying.  The costilla was good, basic quality meat, needing some of the tabletop condiments at some point.  The smokiness of the chuleta was nice, but pretty much smoked ham (which I love, but this, too, needed some hot sauce to taste 'finished'). 
After having Alambres at Tako Factory, The Mister and I were curious to see what this version was like.  We were able to choose two meats, so thought the bistek along with the smoked pork chop (The Mister loves smoked meats) would be good ($9.75) and we did add cheese ($1.25) just because.  Well, the freshness of the tortillas, meats, bacon, grilled onion and peppers along with the creamy cheese was just about perfect.  I can see why Kirk's Missus likes it here.
 A mollete is a a fresh, split, toasted bollilo topped with beans and cheese ($3.75). You can add chorizo for $1  and we did (on both visits, choosing the milder green chorizo)(description of green chorizo is on this link-scroll down to Mexican Chorizo) (basically, tomatillo, chiles, cilantro and garlic). I remembered fondly having a mollete at Tropifruit, in 2014 and the version here is great.  

All in all, a new favorite spot in Chula Vista for a quality Mexican breakfast, lunch and late night dinner. 

Al Pastor Mexican Grill 520 Broadway Chula Vista 91910 Website Open Sun-Thurs 8 a.m.- 1 a.m., Fri-Sat 8 a.m.-2 a.m.

Comments

[caninecologne]

The rolled cheese looks like a dosa! I liked their tacos and the variety that we tried that morning. I will have to try the alambres here (and at Tako Factory near Marleez Koffee) to make a comparison.

[Cathy]

Oh yes, a perfect size dosa shape of cheesy goodness, cc; the guacamole that came with it was just the way I like it. The Mister now wants to try the enmoladas (or anything mole-he's back on that kick this year) and I want the chilaquiles and a mushroom cazulita (perfect Lent food!). This is Texcoco without the lamb; quality.

[kat]

everything looked delicious!

[Soo]

Those tacos look good!

[Cathy]

It was, Kat.

The tacos were great, Soo. High quality.

[Laurie Hern]

Thank you Cathy, went for lunch today, it is now called Texcoco and has mostly lamb dishes (no beef or pork). They did have the Chicarron de Queso with guacamole and it was wonderful!

[Cathy]

Hi Laurie- the owners were from the original Texcoco (on Third Avenue)and I guess the 'Al Pastor' menu didn't work as well as their tried and true brand. I did like being able to get a mollette for breakfast at Al Pastor and will miss that simple menu item. Aquinos es Texcoco is a great restaurant and has a really good parking lot along with more seating than the original spot. (Thanks for coming back to the commenting side).