Craft and Taco Lounge
Operating in the locale that formerly hosted Bistro Le Bouchon, Craft and Taco Lounge features a variety of tacos and brews. Chef Héctor Lozano is a sushi chef. He and his cousins, all chefs originally from Mexico, decided to start this place using their Asian and Californian cooking experience.
“Sushi and Mexican food changes under California’s influence,” he says. “There’s a lot of experimentation. So we brought in sushi-style sauces like chipotle aioli, use of sushi-grade fish, like tuna and salmon, poke cut in cubes, not slices, seasonal fish like rock fish, and not just shrimp but scallops too. And krab. And we use sushi flavors like Chinese ginger, microgreens, leeks, sweet and sour sauce.”
Prices: Blackened mahi mahi taco with mango, microgreens, avo, $4; Atun-A-Taco, with tuna, seaweed salad, $5; salmon poke taco, on wonton tortilla, $5; El Pescado taco (tempura rock fish, raspberry salsa), $3.50; langosta taco (fried lobster, mashed potatoes, bacon, rice noodles), $6.50; Escondido Coco Loco, with coconut shrimp, bay scallops, krab, $4; Choripapa (grilled chorizo, potato, pineapple, Oaxaca cheese), $4; vegan pastor (soy meat, guac, grilled pineapple), $3.50; Portobellini taco, with mushrooms, spring mix, avo, $4; borrego taco (lamb, mushrooms, leeks), $4; elote (corn on cob), $3.75; churros, $6
Buses: 305, 308, 350, 351/352, 353, 354, 355/357, 356, 358/359, 371/372, Flex, 388, MTS 235, 280, RTA 217, LIFT, Sprinter, Greyhound
Nearest Bus Stop: Escondido Transit Center, 700 W. Valley Parkway, Escondido
Additional Info
Hours
| Sunday | 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. |
| Monday | 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. |
| Tuesday | 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. |
| Wednesday | 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. |
| Thursday | 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. |
| Friday | 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. |
| Saturday | 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. |