Alright, you know what is great to watch?
Baseball with tacos. Yeah.
And if you're looking for the
best Taco in the country,
you are living in the right place.
You thought it would have been hot dogs,
but no, it's in San Diego. Local
restaurant Ed Fernandez has been rated the
number one Taco shop in the nation by Yelp.
They've been in the Nestor neighborhood
for nearly 17 years and they're best
known for those delicious bidia tacos.
CBS 8 Virginia Arita talked to the owner
and some happy regulars. Take a look.
Good to have the order of
video nestled in the heart of South Bay.
Ed Fernandez Birreria has been
standing for nearly 20 years,
but it was just recently
rated as the number one Taco
shop not just in San Diego,
but in the nation.
That's according to Yelp's
top 100 tacos list.
So delicious, so you can smell it from
like down the street. While the Taco
shop is usually busy on a regular
Sunday morning since he helps rating,
this week visitors have more than doubled.
According to Yelp,
it was rated #1 because of how fresh,
affordable and unique the seasoning is.
Be there in town.
So what are birria tacos?
And most importantly,
who's the face behind this shop?
Well, it's a Mexican beef Stew
wrapped in handmade corn tortillas,
and the owner of the shop is Jose Fernandez,
who you can usually find
in the shop's kitchen.
He opened his shop back in
2005 with his brother and
even named the shop after him.
Together, they came up with
their own vieria recipe.
We were the first ones,
so I said, you know what,
I'm gonna open a better place,
and I decided to open up.
His brother passed away a few years ago,
but he says he knows his brother would
be so proud to see the crowd of people
lining up for Fernandez's birria tacos.
But I never, I never, I never knew
it was going to be this great.
Many drooling customers who waited
in line for the shops Beriah tell me
these tacos are unlike any other and
that's because they're authentic.
Mexican tacos are remind them of
their grandparents homemade food.
But instead of crossing over to
Tijuana where the majority of
customers families are from,
it's located right here in San
Diego for all locals to try
because they're they want to make,
make made me win this grand grand.
Now, Kirsten, Steve and Mr Sean Styles,
I have a present for you guys.
I was able to bring back some
tacos for you guys to try.
Now I'm going to show you
how to eat abiria Taco.
Now the first thing, if you like spicy,
you got to put your salsa.
So put the salsa and then the Council may,
which is basically the beef broth.
You also have to put it on top
and they gave me a little bit of
beef broth and I'm going to try
the best tacos here in San Diego.
I don't know how flattering.
But I'll try it.
Hmm. Amazing. How about you guys?
What do you guys think? Are
we gonna find out what we think?
OK. And how appropriate
that you brought some back for Sean.
I mean, the guy is cooking with styles,
right? Well, let's give it a try.
I I took some of those radishes
and onions and put them in there.
I'm gonna put a nice squeeze. The lemon.
I've already put the broth on in
some of the beautiful salsa over the
top. Ohh. So he is dressing up this.
He's gonna do it, right. I got one too.
So Sean, you and I are gonna go,
OK. Kirsten starting get to eat because
she has to read the next.
I'm just trying to. Yeah,
you go first. Hmm. Alright. Umm.
Ohh here is the consume in there.
Ohh my goodness ohh.
The flavors are delicious.
What's and and a lot of folks are used
to eating carne asada up the grill.
Thumbs up. And this is a Stew.
The bidia is found.
I gotta have another bite.
Thumbs up or thumbs down?
Sean. Sean. My mouth is on.
Thumbs up. Hey, I think I
put too much hot sauce on.
And yes, you did.
I saw how much you put on there.
This is great.
Are you OK? Alright,
so while they're eating,
let me tell you about this.
While it may be #1,
I told you all is hot. OK
yeah, it's good though if you give
him some water. Oh my God this is a
fresh bottle for you.
While it may be #1,
Ed Fernandez is not the only Taco
spot that's rated top in our area.
Three other San Diego Taco shops
also made the yelps Top 100 list.
Before we do that, do you like spicy?
I do like OK, good because
I was like, are you in pain?
I just wasn't expecting that spicy.
I was feeling in my nose.
They came in at #11.
They're in Chula Vista.
Go give them a check out
and see what you think.
But this goes me gusta magusto S yeah,
mariscos magusto S near Fairmont Park
is listed as #15 and Tacos El Gordo.
Also in Chula Vista they come in at #41,
but number one is Ed Fernandez.
I've been to Tacos El Gordo many times.
It is definitely worthy of it is worthy.
Try them all. They're all
here in our area and now there
aren't too many. That Taco
shops in San Diego is good, OK?