Caliano Named “Judges Choice” and Pacific Beach Fish Shop Takes “People’s Choice” at Eighth Annual Taco TKO Competition

The annual Taco TKO competition brings the city’s top taco makers together to compete head-to-head for the title of San Diego’s Most Awesome Taco.

Top prizes went to Caliano for Judges’ Choice and Pacific Beach Fish Shop for the People’s Choice. Over 800 people attended this year’s Taco TKO and sampled 10 different tacos, as well as a variety of unique beer, wine and tequila stations while enjoying live music from Bulevar Descarga. Judges for this year’s competition included Claudia Sandoval from MasterChef Latino, Not Not Taco’s Sam the Cooking Guy, and producer of the San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival Event Producer, Ken Loyst.

Competitors included:

• Miss B’s Coconut Club
• Global City Tacos
• Volcano Rabbit
• Casa Dorada
• Sandbar Sports Bar & Grill
• Curadero
• Carte Blanche
• PB Fish Shop
• Global Tacos Grill
• Caliano

The 2019 Taco TKO results are as follows: