El Gringo Mexican Restaurant, Hermosa Beach

This place has changed hands since the old days and the food is merely mediocre now.

This mexican restaurant has good food (try the blackened chicken salad) and a great rooftop patio where you can watch the sunset over the beach. However, they don't always fill all the tables up there and once I waited 45 minutes for a rooftop table. When I finally got up there I saw 3 empty tables. Tuesdays are Taco Tuesdays, (2/1), but the line is long, so I don't recommend it. Pros: Great view, good food Cons: You often have to wait to sit on the roof

The best place to get good food cheap and get rip roaring drunk upstairs on a Sunday afternoon. Brad's Baja Tacos are as good as the name.