GrassRoutes | Oakland & Berkeley Urban Eco Travel

Baja Taqueria 4070 Piedmont Ave 547.2252 Mon-Sat 11:00a – 10p, Sun 11:30a – 10p   When I lived in Chicago, I swore off froofy California-style Mexican food, preferring instead to go straight to the cheap, authentic places serving street-style platos loaded with lard. A few clogged arteries later, I’ve discovered that perhaps Californians made some [...]

Finding Bluegrass at the Baja

Although Baja Taqueria in Piedmont is thousands of miles from Appalachia, it’s a place even a Tennesseean would feel at home on a Monday night. “Doesn’t Mexican food and bluegrass music just make sense?” asks Baja Taqueria owner and musician Jeffrey Mogalian with a sly grin.   Mogalian started welcoming the Monday night bluegrass jams [...]

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