Derrik - CEO, Turista Libre - Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
The place I always eat:
Burritos Nena, a little splintered shack in the front yard of a house downtown on Calle Sexta between Cristobal Colon and Cinco de Mayo. I could eat Señora Nena’s picadillo quesadillas every day because they’re both amazing and only 30 pesos ($2.50 or so), with rice and beans on the side. And she’s a raging gossip, which makes for the perfect Spanish lesson.
Where to stay for the night:
The recently remodeled Hotel Caesar’s, downtown at Calle Cuarta and Avenida Revolucion. $30 to sleep in the swanky birthplace of the Caesar salad.
The one place I take everyone:
To Playas de Tijuana, aka the beach, to see where the U.S.-Mexico border fence runs into the Pacific. Surreal.
Best local product you should try:
TJ Beer at Cerveceria Tijuana.
The 2nd best kept secret:
The horror stories of being robbed, shot, raped, kidnapped, cut open and sold organ by organ on the black market are 99 percent false. Tijuana is organized chaos taking esthetic form, a post-modern supermodel that accessorizes with the most random pop culture references. Its second best-kept secret is that it’s the best-kept secret on the West Coast, but the majority of the world will never understand why. And that’s why I love it.
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