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Before Highland Tap & Burger and Uncle moved into a row of storefronts at West 32nd Avenue and Vallejo Street, there was a divey Mexican bar and taqueria on the block called Aztec Sol. It was a little rough, the kind of place where fists might fly if you didn t follow the proper pool table etiquette. But the tacos were great, and the selection of tequila rivaled anywhere in town at the time even the fancy gringo places. And you don t even have to look back a decade (Aztec Sol closed in 2011) to remember nearby Dickinson Plaza, home to a couple of local sandwich and coffee shops, among other retail endeavors. Dickinson Plaza was purchased and torn down in 2016, displacing Fat Jack s Subs, Laughing Latte and Mary Jane s Pizza in the process, and a new mixed-use development arose in its place. New shops, bars and cafes moved in, including Lady Jane (a great cocktail bar, if far fancier than any of its predecessors), Method Collective (an outpost of a locally owned coffee roast ....
“You can’t just eat into it or you’ll burn your mouth,” said a co-owner of the burger with cheese in the middle. “That’s how you know it’s a good one.” ....