Torta

This page covers where to eat a torta in San Diego: the Mexican sandwich on a split telera or bolillo roll. Three places to try one: Oscar's Mexican Seafood in Pacific Beach, with seafood tortas; Cocina 35 on Sixth Avenue downtown, with a torta ahogada; and La Puerta in the Gaslamp, with its namesake torta.

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Oscar's Mexican Seafood – Pacific Beach

Grab a Sandwich Torta Open Now Closed

A Pacific Beach seafood counter on Emerald Street where the same smoked fish, octopus and spicy shrimp that fill the tacos also go into a whole board of tortas.

746 Emerald St, San Diego, CA 92109

Torta de Oscar

Cocina 35 – Downtown

Grab a Sandwich Torta

A daytime Mexican kitchen on Sixth Avenue downtown whose torta ahogada arrives with its tomato-chipotle broth in a cup on the side, so you decide how drowned it gets.

1435 6th Ave, San Diego, CA 92101

Torta ahogada

La Puerta – Gaslamp

Grab a Sandwich Torta Open Now Closed

A Gaslamp cantina on Fourth Avenue, built around tacos and tequila, whose namesake torta stacks achiote pork, arrachera steak and ham under melted jack.

560 4th Ave, San Diego, CA 92101

Torta "La Puerta"

All three are in Emily Blackwood's "Where to get tortas in San Diego" (San Diego Magazine, July 23, 2024). Each listing names the torta to order and how to order it, taken from the restaurant's own menu.

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