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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: Numerous Old Town routes including 8, 9, 10, 14, 28, and 30. 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 cousin mescal are derived, and the restaurant boasts more than 850 tequilas and mescals. 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. Inexpensive lunches are simpler affairs without the exotic sauces.

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