Back in the spring of 2007, Jason moved from the Eastern Market in DC across the river to the Del Ray neighborhood in Alexandria, Virginia. Upon settling in to the neighborhood, Jason soon discovered the abundance of Mexican restaurants, including Mexican Restaurant #1, Mexican Restaurant #2, and Mexican Restaurant #3, so named/numbered based on their distance from Jason’s house. To this day, Jason has failed to learn their real names.
In this row of restaurants on Mt. Vernon Ave., Jason quickly envisioned a quest to accomplish and recognized a lure to get his DC friends to come visit him: a Mexican Restaurant tour, trying out a new restaurant every month!
The original crowd included Anna, Jaime, Alison and Jason, and subsequent stops included guest appearances of other friends. Anna, with her trusty notebook, critically rated each visit on an astonishing number of criteria, while all who were present tasted and provided commentary.
As the walk from the metro to subsequent Mexican Restaurants began to take over 25 minutes, the tour ended, and the core cadre and fellow friends never made it to Mexican Restaurant #4…
That was 2007.
2008 ushered in another year and another move for Jason. Back to the city, in Columbia Heights, Jason discovered a cornucopia of Mexican restaurants, beyond his hungriest dreams. In the largely Latino working class neighborhood, beyond the new Target and new development jazz, one can find a Taqueria or Pupusaria on nearly every corner!
From the hole in the wall at the top of the street, to the frou-frou looking bistro by the metro, the Mexican restaurant culinary encounters seem limitless!
With the wide field of Mexican Restaurants before us, we felt it time to take things to the next level and time to share our adventures and findings with all of you. Follow us as we explore DC’s Mexican Restaurants and discover new gastronomical treasures!
Yours truly,
The Tex-Mex Trio
Anna, Jaime, and Jason
In this row of restaurants on Mt. Vernon Ave., Jason quickly envisioned a quest to accomplish and recognized a lure to get his DC friends to come visit him: a Mexican Restaurant tour, trying out a new restaurant every month!
The original crowd included Anna, Jaime, Alison and Jason, and subsequent stops included guest appearances of other friends. Anna, with her trusty notebook, critically rated each visit on an astonishing number of criteria, while all who were present tasted and provided commentary.
As the walk from the metro to subsequent Mexican Restaurants began to take over 25 minutes, the tour ended, and the core cadre and fellow friends never made it to Mexican Restaurant #4…
That was 2007.
2008 ushered in another year and another move for Jason. Back to the city, in Columbia Heights, Jason discovered a cornucopia of Mexican restaurants, beyond his hungriest dreams. In the largely Latino working class neighborhood, beyond the new Target and new development jazz, one can find a Taqueria or Pupusaria on nearly every corner!
From the hole in the wall at the top of the street, to the frou-frou looking bistro by the metro, the Mexican restaurant culinary encounters seem limitless!
With the wide field of Mexican Restaurants before us, we felt it time to take things to the next level and time to share our adventures and findings with all of you. Follow us as we explore DC’s Mexican Restaurants and discover new gastronomical treasures!
Yours truly,
The Tex-Mex Trio
Anna, Jaime, and Jason
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