77 Amazing Road Food Spots

Photo by: Andrea Gômez

Fish tacos

• Reel Inn, Malibu, CA (pictured): Fish tacos are the Steve McQueen of road food: casual and cool. Surfers were the first to discover them at snack shacks like Reel Inn. Today, they're still a fixture on its chalkboard menu: fresh-caught salmon or ahi tuna wrapped in warm corn tortillas with melted cheddar, crisp lettuce, tomato, and salsa. The setting helps, of course. The best fish tacos (with one notable

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Photo by: Andrea Gômez

Fish tacos

• Reel Inn, Malibu, CA (pictured): Fish tacos are the Steve McQueen of road food: casual and cool. Surfers were the first to discover them at snack shacks like Reel Inn. Today, they're still a fixture on its chalkboard menu: fresh-caught salmon or ahi tuna wrapped in warm corn tortillas with melted cheddar, crisp lettuce, tomato, and salsa. The setting helps, of course. The best fish tacos (with one notable exception, below) are eaten within sight of the ocean.
• Lupita's Cantina, Oak Creek, CO: Here's our exception, inexplicable and amazing: fab fish tacos (mahi mahi, shrimp) in a tiny town high in the Colorado Rockies.

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