Located near N. May Ave. and NW 10th, on a block in the city named “Cellphone Row,” sets El Sabor de la Baja, 2815 NW 10th St.
Far different from the other hole-in-the-walls around that rambunctious neighborhood, it combines new-wave Mexicano with Okie strip-mall fashion, and has quickly become the mejor tropical Mexican food spot in the city, barra ninguno.
Although it's as far from the beach as possible – excluding the needle-clad shores of Lake Hefner – the eatery offers a variety of coastal foodstuffs and turns them into straight glistening edible gold.
I learned this when I stopped by last Friday.
Even though it was around three o’clock, a banda was already setting up their gear as my partner and I grabbed a table by the front where we wouldn’t be in anybody’s way. While the musicians tuned their guitars and tubas in between shots of tequila, our server came over.