Toros de Tijuana Tours!
I had two great tours. One started early on Friday and ended five hours later. By 7 pm, I was free. I enjoyed it. The other started around 4 pm and ended up at 1 am.
My tours can be anything.
The first tour was a basic intro to Tijuana. I’ve done it hundreds, if not thousands, of times. Your basic tour, which makes you feel safe in Tijuana, so you can explore it again by yourself (or hire me again). My Tijuana 101 class. In the videos, it seems like all I do is drink and eat, but no. During the tour, I tell the history of the city while telling all sorts of stories and all the changes. After all, I’m not only a tour guide, but a Tijuana writer and obsessed with its history. I am currently reading Tijuana La Horrible by Humberto Felix Berumen, I highly recommend but it’s a very academic read of Tijuana.
The second tour was an adventure! We started with some chun kuns, three craft beers, street tacos, more beer, and tequila shots at Dandy del Sur and then to…! Toros de Tijuana! I love going to the baseball game. The stadium is on the other side of the city, and on the way, you can see how massive and different this place is. Then baseball is insanity. Some of my videos of the baseball experience have gone viral. And I wrote about it for the Reader a couple of times before. I also have a MASSIVE catalog of photos and videos of the stadium. I’ve been on the Jumbotron a handful of times. The first time, they compared me to Cletus from The Simpsons. The last time I was compared to Jason Momoa.
There are male and female cheerleaders who almost resemble strippers. The guys typically undress, and some of the girls have OnlyFans. BUT HEY! It’s a family event! There are a ton of mascots (I miss Chango!). Beer and drinks are cheap; they got more expensive in 2025, but so did everything. The team is in second place, and they are in the playoffs. But.. it’s the 6th time in a row that I go and they lose… Am I the bad luck charm?!
More Toros de Tijuana baseball tours coming up. I was planning on doing a public event for it, but I’m horrible at organizing public events. So if you want to go Toros on a private tour… send me a message and let’s GO TOROS!!!!
Innato Restaurant Review.
The restaurant invited me a few times. They first reached out to my Matingas account. They had this “influencer form,” and they wanted me to go do a video. I told them I charge per video. They didn’t want to pay. I ignored it. I don’t even want to charge per video anymore. I want YOU to support me so I’m not a sellout.
The influencer form had specifics. They wanted a handful of stories and a video showcasing the best thing about the restaurant and my favorite plates. In exchange, they would give me three free dishes.
“WHOA!!! What an offer,” I thought to myself. Four hours of work to get a discount and still pay them. FUCK THAT. Shit influencers with around 10k followers charge around $200 for a video. Bigger influencers go over a thousand. And they want me to do it for a discount! I wasn’t sure if I wanted to laugh or cry. I don’t consider myself an influencer, and I hate that term… but fuck… my work is worth three free dishes… wow.
Oh god. I still have the photo they sent and the message. It’s pretty cringe. And I hate when people use emoticons in the middle of their paragraphs. Added cringe, especially if you are a business.
I said thanks for the invite, but I don’t do collabs for free. The conversation stopped there.
And it got restarted… this time in English and on my other profile. The Tijuana Adventure profile. Same message as before. This time I simply replied “No thanks.”
They insisted, and again, no thanks. They said that I could come in and that I didn’t need to do any content, that they just wanted to know my opinion. There were no specifics. Just to come in and give them my review.
Here’s the thing… before they sent me the messages, I already had planned to visit them. My girlfriend and I talked about going. But the messages turned me off. But now it seemed like they were offering a full ride in exchange for nothing. This time I obliged.
I reserved a table for Thursday afternoon. I asked who was going to meet me, and they said a manager. The manager was nonchalant about the situation, which I prefer. I dislike over-the-top special treatment. It’s not the real experience. He suggested a few plates and was attentive but not intrusive. Great service.
The place is solid. It’s bougie. It has a sign over the top of the bar that reads “WINEBA.” I wondered what WINEBA was for a minute, then I realized that the R broke. It is a wine bar. They have a nifty board on the back that shows you their Spotify playlist, the beer and wine tap list, and other information. The big windows give it a great natural light, and you can see the open kitchen in the corner. There is another section of the restaurant with another restaurant, “La Loncheria Japonesa,” which I’ve heard is very solid, so I’ll have to try it. Strange layout, but they make it work. On the upstairs section, they are opening a tapas bar. Oh, and the bathrooms are cute and clean.
Oh, Tijuana… so much change so fast. I remember when this neighborhood was just old, dumpy houses. And now… fancy places.
The menu is extensive, and it’s similar to other upscale seafood market restaurants. At least it has a symbol displaying the suggestions.
For starters, I got the bluefin tuna tiradito that was topped with shiitake and algae salad. Oh fuck. I loved it. The shiitake counters the sea in a blissful umami earth meets the ocean way. The algae just adds an extra chef’s kiss. I want to go back just for that.
I also got a shot of mezcal mixed with Clamato and an oyster. An oyster shooter. Delicious. I can do those over and over. They have craft beers, but mostly in bottles. On tap, they only had Wendlandt, and that’s fine cuz it’s one of the best in Mexico.
So far… great!
My girlfriend got the black aguachile, and she loved that. I found it a bit too acidic, but it had plenty of shrimps, Persian cucumbers, and sizable cherry tomatoes. The manager suggested a loaded clam. It was decent with a nice mignonette sauce. I’ve had similar experiences many times before; if they added a different green like Salicornia or something new, I would have been excited. But it was solid.
And finally… Rockot ike-jime tostada with clam. This is top-notch carreta Ensenada delight level. They also gave me two of their house sauces, and though they weren’t my favorite, they were interesting enough that I couldn’t grasp what exactly I was tasting. The only thing is the price… You are paying $10 for a tostada. Everything is expensive, and Innato is another one that is on the pricey scale. Worth it. I want to go back just for this tostada, though I know there are more goodies I need to try.
And ANOTHER finally. The disappointing part. My girlfriend also got a smoked marlin quesadilla. It was tasty but tiny and skimpy on the marlin. If you are charging close to $6 for a taco, it should take me more than two bites to finish it. I took one bite from my girlfriend’s taco, and it was 40% of the taco (she ate it in three more bites).
Overall, it receives a very positive review from me. I don’t like throwing numbers out, but people like numbers. Reviews will get numbers on a scale of 10. I’m not a fucking dumbass like other people who go over the scale. Stupid people who write shit like “I loved it 1000/10.”
THAT’S NOT HOW RATINGS WORK, YOU DUMB FUCK!
It’s a great 8.37/10 from me. I still need to try more of the menu, but the ones I had were excellent. Then why 8.37? That’s so low WAH WAH! Because… there is room for improvement, and it’s on the pricey side. I’m VERY stingy with my ratings. Getting higher than a 9 is going to be rare as fuck. 8.37 means very good in my scale.
Have you been? Let me know what you think.
And full disclosure, they ended up giving me a discount for half the bill. I was sort of expecting everything to be for free, after all, they insisted… but it wasn’t. I’m not mad. I’m just perplexed. I will go back, but if you are not careful, you’ll spend over $100 on dinner for one.
That was the Innato review… Oooeee, that was long!
We also went to Club Ocampo after that. The newest trendy hipster cocktail bar in Tijuana. But I’ll write that later…
Tours and Merch:
I don’t have any tours scheduled for August!
I usually have all Saturdays booked up in advance and more people want tours… but not for August. So hey… if you are planning to come to Tijuana and you need someone to show you around… well!
I dooooo private tours in Tijuanaaaa!!! People shout that shit at me while walking down the street. People want to take their picture with me. Yeah yeah yeah. Almost 30k followers and another 20k on TikTok and more. I’m some sort of Tijuana celebrity tour guide. And this is my newsletter.
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