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Nam Long Vietnamese Restaurant Closes, Leo's Taco Shop Coming

Santana Village Shopping Center is losing one restaurant and gaining a taco shop.

Three Vietnamese restaurants in Santee was apparently too many- in the Santana Village Shopping Center, closed down recently, to be replaced by Leo's Taco Shop.

Nam Long specialized in Vietnamese Phó noodles and grilled food, a market that may have been tipped by the opening of Phó Ca Dao on Mission Gorge Road months back.

A search shows no other restaurants named Leo's Taco Shop in the San Diego area. This new shop would make for a total of 23 mexican food restaurants in Santee. Considering local teenagers' proclivity toward eating mexican food, the position directly across from Santana High School is fortuitous.

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The other Vietnamese restaurant in town is Phó Santee.

There is no indication of when the taco shop will open its doors.

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Comment: Did you enjoy eating at Nam Long? Does Santee have too many taco shops?


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