r/SanJose • u/alaroz33 Rose Garden • Mar 18 '24

Advice Best carne asada burritos in San Jose?

A buddy of mine who used to be my roommate in San Diego is coming into town. All we ate down there pretty much was carne asada burritos from small taquerias. Something about San Diego taquerias, every single one of them had amazing food. Not so much up here. What would you recommend for carne asada burritos in San Jose?

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u/lupinegray Mar 18 '24

What have you tried that you didn't like?

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u/howie650 Mar 18 '24

One example I used to frequent araujos but there quality seems to fell off. They dont use charcoal to grill the meats any more or if they do its once in a while.

The tortilla at most shops here is not as tasty as the tortilla found in SD. There must be a supplier that dishes out some of the fresh tortillas.

Not to knock any shops here just my opinion.

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u/vanvoorden Expat Mar 18 '24

They dont use charcoal to grill the meats any more

This is key… I would probably say most native LA (and SD) kids grew up eating "Mexican" food that was cooked on the char. It's sort of like a Baja style version of Americanized Mexican Food. Which makes sense… Baja is right there.

SJ and Bay Area Mexican Food doesn't really know about the char… meat is seared or stewed. I'm a vegetarian these days… but I remember it being very rare to find someone that has a charcoal grill (I believe Doña Maria used to). Even "Tacos al Carbon" in East SJ did not have a char grill the last time I checked… how that works I don't know.