TODO PA' LA CRUDA

Todo Pa’ La Cruda Is Bringing Acapulco Specialties to the Former Salud Taco Space | Eater San Diego

"I learned that the family-run Mexican restaurant Todo Pa’ La Cruda, owned by Elizabeth Ruiz whose family moved from Acapulco to San Diego in the early 1990s, is opening a second outpost on Logan Avenue in the space that housed Salud Tacos after that taqueria’s abrupt June closure. Ruiz opened the original Imperial Avenue location in Grant Hill in 2020 and kept it open through the pandemic to the delight of many neighbors from Guerrero who were happy to find much-missed products like Yoli, a lemon-lime soda from southwest Mexico. Ruiz, who is also a real estate agent, says she had long admired the Barrio Logan corner spot while passing it on the way to Restaurant Depot; she secured a five-year lease, plans to open the new Todo Pa’ La Cruda within the next week or so, and will add some homey touches while keeping the interior and custom murals largely the same. Her mother, Doña Antonia, who used to cook for celebrities and dignitaries in Mexico, still trains the restaurant’s chefs on her recipes. With a name that translates to "everything for the hangover," the all-day menu includes restorative dishes like menudo, caldo de mariscos, and pozole verde made from scratch, and also offers mole chilaquiles, shrimp aguachile, plates of birra, plus tacos and burritos." - Candice Woo