Antojeria Mexicana El Chilar

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365 17th St, Oakland

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Found another good spot for our Mexican food. PROS -fresh ingredients, tender steak, Carnitas and chicken. -LOVE that he made us fresh made taco shells and chips!!!!! -clean and friendly service -Good portion sizes and good taste in food -Great location -Love their chips and guacamole. The guacamole is super fresh tasting and exactly the way I like it. Just avocados and nothing else dumped in there to make it mushy. -really good green Verde salsa -Love the Spanish rice here. Super...read full review
I'll start by saying Mexican food is probably the most elite cuisine our world has ever seen, which puts an undue burden on every little truck and storefront to really bring the fire. El Chilar didn't quite take me where I wanted to go, but by no means did it suck. Mexican food cannot ever suck (similar to pizza) only vaguely disappoint. We ordered the Baby Burrito (beans, rice, cheese) and the Super Nachos with carne asada. The Baby Burrito was $8 and was actually gigantic; much...read full review
3.5 stars (really wish Yelp would introduce a half-star system). Due to COVID, their normally robust meat selection is currently pretty limited as they're only offering a few different meats, which was disappointing because I really wanted to try their chile verde. I instead went with the pollo and my fiance got the asada; we both went with super burritos, which have rice, beans, meat, cheese, onions, cilantro, sour cream, and guacamole. They also come with a side of chips and...read full review

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