So, the big news this week aside from all those mind-bending barrels: The Port Hole now has fish tacos.

It must have been my first trip to California,20 years ago this summer, whena friend took me to Wahoo’s Fish Tacos in Laguna Beach. The idea of a fish taco was intriguing and when we ordered, it seemed like something downright exotic. Keep in mind that at the Jersey Shore in the early ’90s, the extent of our Mexican food options was a plate of nachos with processed cheese.