We went to Jerry’s Pollofino (reviews) for dinner. I got the tri-tip and quarter chicken combo. Juliana got a steak taco and a chicken taco. It was all good, but we paid more than $20…
Sadly, I think it was my least favorite of all the Santa Barbara Mexican we’ve tried.
Two weeks ago, a friend was visiting and wanted to go out to Mexican. Of course, we live in Santa Barbara, so there are plenty of Mexican restaurants. We knew this in an intellectual sort of way, but we didn’t have any personal experience with the quantity; we’d only been out to two Mexican places since we moved here 18 months ago. Therefore, we had to do some research for her visit, so we could take her someplace good. In the process we found this list, and now I’m on a mission. Before we move away in three years, we’re going to try as many of the Mexican restaurants as possible. we won’t be able to declare a “winner”, but we’ll surely become Mexican aficionados, which is what I’m really after.
We’ve now been to these restaurants:
So far, I’d say that my favorite is La Super Rica Taqueria, with Los Gallos as a close second. The food is delicious at both of them, but I like how you order many small plates at La Super Rica (at Los Gallos, you order a meal based around an entree, like a normal U.S. restaurant).
The salsas at all of them are delicious. Los Gallos wins the prize for variety (though it has some weird tasting ones), La Super Rica’s tastes the most fresh, and El Rincon Bohemia’s was awesome (as were the fresh corn chips).
Juliana and I visited Santa Barbara over the past couple days. We did not check out the wine, but we did eat out each evening, once in a good little Japanese restaurant in Goleta and twice on State St. in Santa Barbara.
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