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Perhaps it has to do with different interpretations of what is meant by best? If I told you the best Thai place around where I live, I would tell you a place t

Perhaps it has to do with different interpretations of what is meant by best? If I told you the best Thai place around where I live, I would tell you a place that is best not just because of its food, but also its price, parking, distance to travel. It is the best in that it is the most optimal given my own value judgment of those factors.

matheweis 5y ago
This is exactly right. Before I lived in Seattle, I was told (moving from the southwest), that there was no good Mexican food in Seattle. Of course after I moved there I found quite a number of excellent Mexican food restaurants, and for a few years I wondered what strange definition they were using. I eventually figured out that they meant that there was no good Mexican food within walking distance of downtown
- vgel 5y ago
  Do you have any recs in North Seattle? Me and my wife live in Lake City and have been looking for a good (need not be the best ;) ) Mexican place.
  - awal2 5y ago
    El Camion taco truck on Sand Point way is pretty good
  - matheweis 5y ago
    Hello former neighbor. :-) (Lived in Lake City for four years) Casa Del Mariachi (off 125th) has great breakfast burritos. Haven’t tried the rest of their food, only came across them recently. Should be good though. Azteca by Northgate is only okay if you don’t want to go far, you could do a lot better. Plaza Garcia is your classic southwest Mexican food and one of our favorites. It’s in Kirkland but worth the drive. Acapulco Fresh Mexican Grill in Kenmore is pretty good. Taqueria El Sabor in Shoreline is also pretty good. Anita’s Food Truck on Aurora also has good burritos. Wouldn’t classify them as typical southwest fare though. And if you’re up for driving, the list wouldn’t be complete without mentioning Jumbo Burrito in Oak Harbor. Take the Ferry to Whidbey, do a day trip across Whidbey, stop at Jumbo and try the carnitas before you cross Deception Pass on the way back. You’re welcome.
    - vgel 5y ago
      Thanks for the recs! Me and my wife went to Casa del Mariachi the other day and the breakfast burritos were bomb as promised :) Definitely going to try that Whidbey day trip sometime as well!
BiteCode_dev 5y ago
But unless you list those factors such adjective is meaningless.

matheweis 5y ago

This is exactly right. Before I lived in Seattle, I was told (moving from the southwest), that there was no good Mexican food in Seattle. Of course after I moved there I found quite a number of excellent Mexican food restaurants, and for a few years I wondered what strange definition they were using. I eventually figured out that they meant that there was no good Mexican food within walking distance of downtown

vgel 5y ago
Do you have any recs in North Seattle? Me and my wife live in Lake City and have been looking for a good (need not be the best ;) ) Mexican place.
- awal2 5y ago
  El Camion taco truck on Sand Point way is pretty good
- matheweis 5y ago
  Hello former neighbor. :-) (Lived in Lake City for four years) Casa Del Mariachi (off 125th) has great breakfast burritos. Haven’t tried the rest of their food, only came across them recently. Should be good though. Azteca by Northgate is only okay if you don’t want to go far, you could do a lot better. Plaza Garcia is your classic southwest Mexican food and one of our favorites. It’s in Kirkland but worth the drive. Acapulco Fresh Mexican Grill in Kenmore is pretty good. Taqueria El Sabor in Shoreline is also pretty good. Anita’s Food Truck on Aurora also has good burritos. Wouldn’t classify them as typical southwest fare though. And if you’re up for driving, the list wouldn’t be complete without mentioning Jumbo Burrito in Oak Harbor. Take the Ferry to Whidbey, do a day trip across Whidbey, stop at Jumbo and try the carnitas before you cross Deception Pass on the way back. You’re welcome.
  - vgel 5y ago
    Thanks for the recs! Me and my wife went to Casa del Mariachi the other day and the breakfast burritos were bomb as promised :) Definitely going to try that Whidbey day trip sometime as well!

BiteCode_dev 5y ago

But unless you list those factors such adjective is meaningless.