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Street Eats
To catch up with the street food scene, I signed up I’ve had in my whole life!”
for two of the 12 offerings from Vallarta Food Tours. As we wandered narrow streets, guide Joana Gray
My whirlwind culinary immersion began with the talked about PV’s food-stand history and culture.
Original Downtown Tour, sampling treats from The health department closely monitors street
street stands and restaurants in busy downtown stands, awarding licenses only when proprietors
neighborhoods. We began with one of Vallarta’s old- maintain proper standards, Gray said. Bottled water
est taco stands, El Cuñado (the brother-in-law), is used for cooking and disposable cornstarch covers
where locals have been queuing for tacos and que- keep plastic plates sanitary. Licenses and street cor-
sadillas since 1968. We munched carne asada folded ners are closely guarded and passed down within lo-
into soft corn tortillas with beans, guacamole and cal families.
salsa so tasty one eater said “That’s the best taco On one stop we met the Robles family, whose
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