Today we take the San Diego Trolley to Grantville Station in search of a good taco! (Click on any of the pictures to make them larger.) From downtown San Diego take the Blue Line to Old Town. Disembark and continue on the Green Line bound for Santee. This will take you through Mission Valley, past the Fashion Valley and Mission Valley shopping centers, past Hazard Center, Fenton Marketplace (home to IKEA, Costco and Lowe's), past Qualcomm Stadium to Grantville Station. You can't miss Grantville Station. It looks like this:
From the north side of the tracks, you have a nice aerial view up Mission Gorge Road where all the taco stands are located. In fact there's every kind of food you can imagine along the way from Starbucks to 7-11 with all kinds of fast food in between. Here's a view of Mission Gorge Road:
Walk the block or so along the frontage road alongside I-8, and take a right on Mission Gorge Road. The first taco stand you come to is Roberto's on your left:
On your right you'll pass Iowa Meats:
Next is El Pollo Loco. You can't miss it. It's right next to Discount Tire.
Next comes Sombrero open 24 hours:
At Vandever Avenue we have Taco Fiesta, another 24 hour drive through. Or in our case a walk through:
That's it as far as we know. However, if you don't have a hankering for Mexican, you have your choice of McDonald's, Jack-in-the-Box, Carl's, Wendy's - am I leaving anyone out? - I hope not. We continue walking to the intersection with Friars Road for a little extra exercise to work off those tacos. Here there is a huge variety of full service restaurants with every kind of food you possibly could imagine. Now it's time to walk back to the Grantville Station for the trolley ride home. Sure hope you've enjoyed this excercise in walking, Mexican food and photojournalism! Bon Appetit! And Bon Voyage!
