¡Viva Mexico!: Javier Plascencia, a Chef Out to Renew Tijuana

Javier Plascencia, a Chef Out to Renew Tijuana - NYTimes.com: "Javier Plascencia is determined to use Mision 19, (a restaurant) which he opened in the heart of this city’s Zona Río business district in January, to help revitalize not only Tijuana’s food scene, but also the city itself. Scarred in recent years from waves of drug violence, Tijuana, just south of the United States border, has gone from being one of Mexico’s most visited cities to one of its most feared, a significant blow to an economy that depends on tourism."