Taco de Mexico de Ventura

Tacos de Mexico de Ventura

Taco Truck

Oxnard

October 12, 2012

I love a good taco truck! I look for the ones that are clean and well lit, where I can easily look inside the windows and see everyone working.

Tacos de Mexico de Ventura is generally parked on the corner of Gonzales and Ventura Rd. in the evenings, tucked behind the gas station in Oxnard. I've been stopping in for about a year, shortly after I noticed the truck there. Back then, there was always a yellow Hummer nearby with an old man sitting inside, and people said that it was the owner, watching his business, adding to the mystique of the suddenly appearing truck. Tacos with a variety of meat, burritos, tortas, quesadillas and a couple of other things are on the menu. There's always a line, which is surprising in Oxnard, where there seems to be a place serving tacos on every corner.

Last Friday, I went with a burrito, with cabeza, rice and beans, for $5. It was a good, fat burrito which is exactly what I looking for. My son had asada tacos at $1.50 a pop. There was a generous serving of meat on the usual small corn tortillas. I've had the tacos before and thought they were good.

A worthy stop in the middle of Oxnard.

Santa Cruz Market, Ventura, Follow Up

In a follow up to my previous entry, I had lunch at the Santa Cruz Market. Though I should have had one of their many Mediterranean specialties, I opted for the Tri-Tip sandwich, which was on special today for $3.99.  I also picked up bag of chips and a bottle of Mountain Dew to go with it.

I ordered my sandwich and once again found the service to be excellent. The bread was fresh and the sandwich had several large pieces of tri-tip in a pretty good barbecue sauce. I asked for smoked gouda cheese, onions, pickles and pepperoncinis, which were added without question.

They don't have a soda fountain, but there are some tables over in the liquor area of the store that will soon be used for wine tastings. I sat there comfortably and enjoyed my sandwich. I make a pretty good tri-tip myself, and so seldom order one when I go out. I find that I can make a tri-tip better than most restaurants, using my big Weber charcoal barbecue and a slow cooking method. When I do order tri-tip, the categories are worse than mine, as good as mine, or better than mine. This was as good as mine, and when cost was factored in, it turned out to be a good lunch.

I was offered a sample of their falafel, which I tried and found tasty. Next time, I definitely try one of the Mediterranean dishes.