The call
This page is kept as part of the dated record. The order notes below describe the place as Roger recommended it, not as it operates today.
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- Food history
From Roger’s notebookRoger, Google Maps review (2015-05-08)
Mexican
Food history
Latest recorded visit2015-05-08
“Massive portions. Efeuerjknf is cooked to order....”
Mexican
Chiquitas Mexican Restaurant
A 55-year Fairmount Park institution on Home Avenue Roger praised for massive portions and a dish cooked to order, permanently closed in 2021.
Closed
Chiquitas/Chiquita's Mexican Restaurant closed permanently in April 2021 after 55 years on Home Avenue in the Fairmount Park neighborhood.
NBC San Diego — "After 55 Years, Chiquita's on Home Avenue Folds It Up" (2021-04-28) ↗From Roger’s camera roll
More photos from Chiquitas Mexican Restaurant
Posted 2012-10-11 
Posted 2020-03-28 
Posted 2020-03-28
From Roger’s Foursquare
On Roger’s lists: Carne Asada!.
Source-backed notes
Visit history
Checked in 3 times on Swarm, most recently Jun 7, 2020. See the check-in log
2015-05-08day precision · source explicit
“Massive portions. Efeuerjknf is cooked to order....”
Roger praised the massive portions at this longtime Fairmount Park Mexican restaurant (permanently closed in 2021), noting a dish was cooked to order — the dish's name is OCR-garbled and unreadable in the scraped draft. (From an unpublished Yelp draft review, never posted publicly.)
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- From the order notes
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- Go for
- A big appetite · A casual North Park meal
Latest recordRecommended 2022
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- From the order notes
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- Go for
- A weekend morning cure · Feeding a group
Latest recorded visit2017