Fullerton's Rockin' Taco Cantina To Reopen as Matador Cantina

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • March 13, 2009
I wasn't impressed with Rockin' Taco Cantina. The food we ordered one night was no better than On The Border — a lazily put together plate of nachos, insipid enchiladas, and according to my friend, weak margaritas (I wouldn't know, I don't drink...
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