Taqueria la Tapatia on Richmond and (Wood-something?) Was always the go-to late night joint that would pour beers into the red “ice tea” plastic glasses.
Where did yall go? There was a great one down the street…Chapultapec?
This was a looong time ago but when I was in college in SA, the original (and only) TC on San Pedro and Hildebrand was packed out the door on the weekends starting at about 1:45 am and stayed that way until about 3:30 am.
Taco Cabana is still kicking? Damn. Spending half my childhood in SoCal, especially my summers in high school, inundated me with the Alberto’s/Alerto’s/Alberta’s/Filiberto’s/Eriberto’s late night greasy Mexican fast food places. When you’re drunk at 2am nothing hits like carne asada fries or a Cali burrito.
Me and my college buddies at Rice would go there all the time. I can still taste it… we called it “Jolly-Science” though. Not out of ignorance but it seemed appropriate for the state we were in.
Thats what we called it. It was the third stop. We’d start at the Pik-n-Pak Ice House, then across the street was Rudyard’s (when it was a tiny little hole before they expanded). If you could scrounge a buck or two in change, you ate like a king. Good times.
Chapultapec is still kicking. One of my fondest places. It provided warm enchilada and after-hours margarita solace to me after 2005 game 3. I ate there a few months ago. As good as always.
Whilst in school in Tucson at The University of Arizona in the mid-late ‘90s, there was a Two Pesos on the NW side across from campus that yours truly may or may not have frequented often after many nights of high jinx and or tomfoolery.
Man, that was great late night grub.