The call
Start with ribeye or octopus, and check the restaurant’s current menu before you go.
What to order
- Ribeye
- Octopus
Best for
- Steak night
- Group dinner
Mexican · Steakhouse
Bodega 8
A Tijuana steakhouse Roger rated highly for its ambiance, with a ribeye he called damn tasty and octopus he called bomb.
From Roger’s camera roll
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Posted 2015-08-09 
Posted 2015-08-09
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Roger’s tips on Bodega 8
Whole octopus is a must have!!
Posted
Source-backed notes
Visit history
Checked in 2 times on Swarm, most recently Nov 19, 2015. See the check-in log
2015-08-09day precision · source explicit
“Great ambiance! Ribeye was damn tasty....octopus was bomb”
Roger praised the ambiance at this Tijuana steakhouse, calling the ribeye damn tasty and the octopus bomb. (From an unpublished Yelp draft review, never posted publicly.)
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- From the order notes
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- Go for
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- From the order notes
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- Go for
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