In the search for the best crispy fried taco in South Sac, a place called "Super Taco" just begs for a review. I went there and the results can be summed up as follows: While Super Taco has a lot going on for it, in my opinion, a crispy fried taco is not one of them.
Super Taco has a couple of locations, I think three in South Sac and one in Elk Grove. I went to the one at 8347 Elk Grove Florin Road, in the Calvine Shopping Center.
Among its extensive menu, Super Taco has items listed simply as Tacos, and Super Tacos (they also offer soft shell mini-tacos, which are not in the category of crispy fried tacos and so were not ordered). After confirming that each had a crispy shell, I ordered both two regular tacos and one super taco. Actually, you can order the regular taco in a soft corn tortilla, or a hard shell. The young lady at the counter assured me that the hard shell was fried there. After placing my order I noticed that Super Taco is very spacious inside. I found an available booth by the window. The interior was clean and the A/C kept the temperature pleasantly cool.
First, the regular crispy tacos. I ordered one with shredded chicken and the other with shredded beef. They were presented nicely with lettuce, sliced tomato, and grated cheese on top.
Upon close inspection, though, they looked a lot like Taco Bell tacos with perfectly formed shells, as if they came out of package. I do believe they started out as regular corn tortillas here, and then were fried. I just don't think their corn tortillas were made fresh, or were freshly fried especially for me - like at Taco Fresco Burgers & Fries.
The topping was also rather pedestrian, something you would find at Taco Bell - iceberg lettuce, chopped tomato, and grated cheese. No special salsa, cilantro, quacamole, etc., although they do have a sauce station where you can grab some for your complimentary chips.
Upon even closer inspection, these tacos were uninspiring, even laughable, - in my humble opinion - when compared to the incredible crispy fried tacos at Taco Fresco, or the great Cactus Taqueria down in the Bay Area. I would only rate these tacos as a step up from Taco Bell, only because of the filling. The shredded chicken and beef were good. However, not as good as the nice filling in the somewhat disappointing crunchy taco at Flako's. Here;s another look at Super Taco's regular hard shell tacos:
Fortunately for Super Taco, that's not the end of the story. Let's move on to the super taco. This is in a category all by itself, because it's a taco in a crunchy flour tortilla, not corn. Check it out:
This is the super taco plate that comes with rice and frijoles. I thought this idea is different. I don't know how they prepared the flour tortilla to give it that crunch - whether it was lightly fried or baked. I will admit that I found it to be rather good. I would consider ordering it again if I happened to return to Super Taco. But I see no reason to order their regular taco in a hard shell. You might as well just go to Del Taco.
A couple of other pros for Super Taco. Again, I should mention that it's clean, roomy, has a bar with a couple of big screen TVs, and it's really comfortable to just hang out there. There's plenty of other Mexican food items and plates on the menu, too. This review has been limited to crunchy tacos.
The complimentary chips and salsa are also nice.
Okay, let's end this review. I would have to rate the regular crunchy tacos here last so far, behind Flako's, and way behind Taco Fresco Burgers & Fries. There's some qualifiers, though. Taco Fresco's crunchy tacos only come with the fish and shrimp filling (I think - I'm planning another excursion there to verify). And Super Taco's crunchy flour taco deserves favorable mention, but it is not the fresh crispy fried taco that we're looking for. Good people of South Sac, these reviews are all for entertainment purposes only, and are based solely on my own opinion.
So there you have it. Taco Fresco took the early lead in South Sac Blog's search for the best crispy fried tacos in South Sac, and holds on to it! Where to next?
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