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El Cachanilla

Updated: Jun 22, 2011 11:06
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If I were to guess what El Cachanilla translates to in English it would be, 'œnot fucking around'. I know that’s not the translation at all, but seriously, this place makes all the other taquerias in the Mission look like total pussies. Sure I’ve seen other taquerias that sell tacos with cabeza (head fat), tripas (intestines), lengua (tongue) and even sesos (brains) before, but El Cachanilla one-ups them all and sells fucking ojos (bull eyes) too! If this were a prison movie, none of the other taquerias would mess with El Cachanilla because they’d be like, 'œSee that guy over there? That dude is god damn crazy. I ain’t messin’ with him.' On a slightly more serious note though, this place does have good, cheap food ($1.50 tacos), and a little walk up taco window for if you just wanna order to go. Yo, if you do end up eating the ojos let me know.

El Cachanilla
2948 21st St. @ Treat St.
[The Mission]

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