"Long lunch and dinner lines at Taqueria del Sol are about as common as steel road plates on 14th Street. We just learn to live with ’em. But at least with the Howell Mill location of this Mexican staple, one parent can impatiently wait in line while the other distracts their child at the cute, harmless pebble garden next door. Once you order your queso and fantastic fried fish tacos (and margarita, depending on how the day’s moving), dust off the rock residue, and find a spot on the covered patio. If your child isn’t full off chips and cheese quesadillas, we fully endorse heading back to the gravel and letting them tire themselves out before bed." - demarco williams, nina reeder, jacinta howard