Tin Fork
“We’re from Chicago. We ordered a sausage-and-mushroom pizza to see if they measured up.”
“Take the chop suey,” says the waitress. “Filling. It has vegetables as well as meat.”
“They say people are harder back there, but once you’re their friends, you are friends for life.”
“There’s something about it. The old feel, not dressed up, real. Neighborly. Could be back in Queens.”
“I was a waiter, Peter was a sales rep. This was a big leap. But it took off, from day one.”
“We called it quits about 18 months ago. Reopened as this pub…with a serious attitude toward beers.”
“Pete’s created a good feeling here. Employee of the year gets to go skydiving with him. Right, Pete?”
“Colonel Manuel Ferrar built it and named it after his wife Rosario. She was the niece of Pio Pico.”
“Three days, celebrating the arrival of the monsoon. People throw water at each other. It’s silly but fun.”
“This is what Mexico’s peasants live on. America is exploding because it eats too much.”
“I’m sitting. Don’t think my legs’ll hold up for how long this is gonna take.”
“He always wanted to open a place which gave you the real street food from Tijuana. No frills.”
"Wanted: A good woman who can clean, sew, cook fish, dig worms, and owns a boat and motor.”