I'll give you that, when I lived in Yorba Linda (I could see the Nixon Library from my front yard)we would jump on the AMTRAK and go to San Diego at least once a month. Always started out the weekend eating BBQ at the place they filmed Top Gun.
Oh yeah — Kansas City BBQ, IIRC. I grew up about 5 miles SW of Miramar NAS, but KC BBQ was downtown.
Of course, that place would get laughed at by the true BBQ fans here in TX and I have come to agree.
But, I still prefer SoCal mexican food compared to the Tex-Mex I get here. Man, now you got me thinking of LaPosta and Quatro Milpas and they are a 3.5 hour plane flight away...