Taco Tuesday: Sonora-style fish tacos, now with tables and chairs

Critic Brad A. Johnson says the shrimp and marlin tacos at the new Mariscos El Yaqui in Santa Ana are in a league of their own.
Brad A. Johnson • Orange County Register • October 22, 2019
For 10 years Mariscos El Yaqui has been driving around Orange County selling Sonora-style fish tacos from a food truck. The truck is still going strong, but now the owners have opened a new brick and mortar restaurant in Santa Ana. The menu is...
The full article can be read on the Orange County Register website.

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