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With all the crowds passing through Tijuana you might expect some great restaurants, but you'd be disappointed. On the main drag everything is aimed at tourists: Mexican restaurants US-style, almost all of them with loud music and "party" atmosphere.
Plaza Fiesta
, diagonally opposite the Centro Cultural, has a wide variety of restaurants and fast-food places; you'll find a similar, though smaller, range in any of the shopping plazas.
Plainer Mexican food can be found in the surrounding streets, especially on Madero and Constitucion, but despite the fact that migrants from all over Mexico bring their cuisine with them - naming their loncheria or taqueria after their home state - there's nothing very exciting even here. Antojitos Bibi's , in the Mercado Hidalgo. Clean and inexpensive place for simple meals all day. Handy for the Centro Cultural. Hotel Nelson , Revolucion and 1st. Decent-value and very popular Mexican place, serving good food in large portions. Pipirin , Constitucion between 2nd and 3rd. Bargain sit-down taco joint. Punto Cafe , Plaza Fiesta. Trendy, low-key place with outside seating, magazines to flick through and an incredible range of coffees. Tia Juana Tilly's , Revolucion 1420 at 7th. Slick, predictably Tex-Mex restaurant with terrace, linked to the jai alai hall. Bow-tied waiters serve up main courses (steaks, chicken, seafood) for around US$7-12. Tortas Ricardo's , Madero at 7th. A massive range of Mexican dishes served in American diner surroundings. Open late.
Vittorio's
, Revolucion 1687 at 9th. Full range of well-prepared Italian dishes as well as Mexican staples. Good pizza and great espresso. Other useful information
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