You’ll have plenty of choices in the area, though most are downtown. A few suggestions:
Penca, 50 E. Broadway, 203-7681. The taco plates are specialties here. Warm, made-there corn tortillas serve as a blanket for a variety of fillings. It’s cozy, lacks pretension, and the prices are doable (you can’t beat two tacos for $5). Open until 9 p.m. on Sundays.
Diablo Burger, 312 E Congress St., 882-2007. We firmly believe that hamburgers are the most sublime meal — if they are done right. At Diablo, the burgers are pricey, but they are done right. The meat is free of growth hormones and antibiotics, is charbroiled so that it has the crusty outside but the requested temp inside, and is served on an English muffin — a nice touch as good hamburgers are often taken over by bready buns. There’s a wide variety of toppings, though with meat this good, we like to go for the Monk ($12) — with just lettuce, tomato and pickle. Belgian fries are always a side to the burgers. Open until 9 p.m. on Sundays.
Johnny Gibson’s Downtown Market, 11 S. Sixth Ave., 393-8544. If you are off of meat, consider the Veggie Club here ($9). Nutty arugula, garlicky basil pesto and hummus, smooth herb cream cheese, crunchy cucumbers, silky avocados and a snappy onion slice are piled on a 12 grain bread. Open until midnight on Sundays.
El Minuto, 354 S. Main Ave., 882-4145. You might think anyone can make a cheese crisp. And you’d be right. But few make them as crispy and cheesy as El Minuto ($9.95). Throw on some chorizo ($1.05 more), and you’ll have the energy you’ll need for the procession. Open until 9 p.m. Sundays.
St. Mary’s Mexican Food, 1030 W. St. Mary’s Road, 884-1629. It closes at 4 on Sundays, so you can grab a bite before walking over to the procession’s beginning (where participants will start gathering around 4 p.m.). We love just about everything there (the delicate tortillas are among the best in town), but almost always go for the carne seca burro ($4.80) because it is one of those treats that lives long in the taste memory.
