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El Toro Tortilleria No 2
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- No
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
5 reviews for El Toro Tortilleria No 2
5 reviews in English
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Review from Susan S.
Takoma Park, MD
12/25/2011
Lucked out when we stopped for lunch here. It looks like they are mainly a catering business, but we ordered some tacos to go and LOVED them. Everything is very fresh.
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Review from Christopher M.
Santa Maria, CA
1/13/2011
A simple deli style shop, El Toro must have an army of Mexican grandmothers stashed away somewhere in the back making all of these wonderful foods.
El Toro is consistently delicious, well prepared, and CHEAP. You can feed a family of four for under $15. You can get a combination plate of your favorite meat (carne asada, pollo, chile verde, chili colorado, carnitas, buche, lengua, whatever they have) with beans, rice, salsa, and a half dozen fresh (and I mean taken right off the production line) tortillas for $5. You can get a burrito that will dwarf pretty much any other standard burrito in town for $4. Tacos are about $1.50. Tacos dorados are 50 cents. I can go on and on and on.
I would have given them five stars, but the most recent time we went, they made a simple mistake and overcharged my wife's debit card $40. It was an honest mistake that happens in the melee of a cafeteria style line, but it was one that still required dealing with the bank and monitoring her account to see if the money came back.
They could however make up that star if they also started making fresh flour tortillas in house... -
Review from Michele D.
Sterling, VA
1/13/2008
Can I get a napkin, please??? It's to wipe up the excessive drool.
So on my last night in Santa Maria, Monday night, I decided to have some good, I-can't-get-this-back-in-Northern Virginia, Mexican food. I discovered this place on Christmas day, when I was at another carneceria looking for carne asada to throw on the grill. People told me if I wanted good food, I needed to drive a few streets over.
As soon as I got out of my car, in the parking lot, I nearly peed my pants. I hadn't experienced that kinda pleasure since I left my favorite joints in East L.A. and downtown Santa Ana.
I walked in and noticed the hot assed young man behind the counter. Luckily he was the one to help me! there is a hot case to one side, with plenty of prepared dishes. The case to the right contains all kinds of side dishes, such as different types of salsas, "salads" i.e. escabeche, etc. I ordered the Chile Verde with rice and beans, and then got additional containers of rice, beans, and salsa. All of that cost under $9.00. That's what I'm talkin' about! All orders are to go, by the way. As big as it is, there is no place to sit and eat.
I get it home and took a bite of the pork. Very nice. Tender, not fatty, perfectly spiced for me, and plenty of it. I split the order with my mother, because there was that much in the container, then divided the rice and beans for us. Add in the super fresh, super hot corn tortillas and the salsa, and you have two women in a house with their eyes rolled to the back of their heads.
I can't wait for that next trip back home! -
Review from Toni C.
Carolina Beach, NC
8/1/2009
Authentic interior of Mexico fare--buche (throat), tripas (intestine), ensalada de nopal (cactus salad), requeson (pot cheese), chicharron (chitlings), etc. etc. etc.
Really a take-out type place.. whether to eat right away or bring home and have later or freeze. I always buy the chile de arbol sauce to cook with at home... chile con huevos, chile con queso, chile con carne, etc.
They make their corn tortillas on the premises but I think Diana's are just as good, maybe better. And while Michele is right, there's no place to sit and eat, there is a place to stand and eat... there's a stool high counter (sans stools) around the perimeter so you can scarf at least one thing down before you get back in your car. -
Review from Clinton L.
Torrance, CA
7/3/2011
Best chicharones in town. Didn't care much for the salsa verde but the buche is the bomb!
