2010: The Year of the Fish Taco?

Fish Tacos - Ricky's Fish Tacos, originally uploaded by djjewelz.

That's what a report coming from the Nation's Restaurant News (via We Love DC) asserts. Among the notable developments:

-"the number of fish tacos on restaurant menus rose 22.5 percent in the first half of 2010, compared with the first half of 2009."

-In "menu mentions, 40.2 percent promised grilled fish tacos, but fried fish tacos likely beat them out."

-"Of all the menu mentions, 22.8 percent actually said the fish tacos were fried, 21.7 percent said they were “crisp,” 6.5 percent mentioned the word “battered,” and 5.4 percent used “breaded” as a descriptor."

Who knew the Argonaut and H Street Country Club were riding a rising wave (other than the H Street wave, I mean)?