Home > Destinations > North America > USA > California > San Diego > Restaurants > El Agave Tequileria
Bookstore Travel Talk - Our Message Boards Tips and Tools Book a Trip Deals and News Trip Ideas, Activities, Lifestyles Hotels Destinations Frommers.com Home
Frommer's - The best trips start here. Frommer's - The best trips start here.
Sign up for our FREE Newsletters! Win a FREE Trip
  Email This Article Email Print This Article Print Get Frommer's RSS Feed RSS

San Diego Map: El Agave TequileriaEl Agave Tequileria Frommer's Very Highly Recommended

Cuisine Mexican
Hours Daily 11am-10pm
Address 2304 San Diego Ave
Location Old Town, Old Town & Mission Valley
Transportation Bus: 10, 30, or 150. Trolley: Old Town
Reservations Reservations recommended
Phone 619/220-0692
Web site www.elagave.com
Prices Main courses $8-$11 lunch, $16-$32 dinner
Credit Cards AE, MC, V
Other Street parking

Frommer's Review

Don't be misled by this restaurant's less than impressive location above a liquor store on the outskirts of Old Town. This warm, bustling eatery continues to draw local gourmands for the regional Mexican cuisine and rustic elegance that leave the touristy fajitas-and-cerveza joints of Old Town far behind. El Agave is named for the plant from which tequila and its smoky cousin mescal are derived, and the restaurant boasts more than 850 boutique and artisanal tequilas and mescals -- bottles of every size, shape, and jewel-like hue fill shelves and cases throughout the dining room. Needless to say, El Agave serves some of the best margaritas in town. But even teetotalers will enjoy the restaurant's authentically flavored mole sauces (from Taxco, rich with walnuts; tangy tomatillo from Oaxaca; and the more familiar dark mole flavored with chocolate and sesame), or El Agave's signature beef filet with goat cheese and dark tequila sauce. Lunches are simpler affairs without the exotic sauces, and inexpensive.

Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip.


Back to Top


  Email This Article Email Print This Article Print Get Frommer's RSS Feed RSS


Frommer's San Diego 2008 Frommer's San Diego 2008

Author: Mark Hiss
Pub Date: September 04, 2007
Price: $17.99

Buy Now!
Related Titles:
A Moveable Thirst: Tales and Tastes from a Season in Napa Wine Country
California For Dummies, 4th Edition
Frommer's California 2008
Add Frommers.com RSS Feed  Add Frommers.com RSS Feed (What's This?)
Add Frommers.com Deals & News to Your Web Site
Add to My Yahoo!     Add to My MSN     More RSS Readers
Add Frommers.com Podcast Add Frommers.com Podcast (What's This?)
Home > Destinations > North America > USA > California > San Diego > Restaurants > El Agave Tequileria