The Amazing Crispy Tacos at Taco Fresco Burgers & Fries!

Our search for the best crispy tacos in South Sac took us to Taco Fresco Burgers & Fries (Taco Fresco).  The review can be summed up this way:  Taco Fresco rocks! 

Taco Fresco is located at 8168 Florin Road (near Power Inn Road).



Taco Fresco has the appearance of an old-style drive-up burger joint.  Before drive-thrus, were invented, you would park your car and order your food at the walk-up take-out window.  You could also order at the counter inside.  Taco Fresco is located in one of those old style burger joint buildings.  It was a nice sunny day and one of our crew said eating there reminded her of Florida.  Go figure.  Anyway, everyone agreed the place has character and is cool.  Seating inside is individually at the window, or at a few tables for couples and groups.  There is also seating outside.

I knew immediately that Taco Fresco was special.  That's because one of the first things I noticed once inside was one of the ladies working there making fresh corn tortillas.  I started salivating even before I placed my order.  Since the purpose of this adventure is to find the best crispy tacos, we ordered the two on the menu:  Crispy Fried Shrimp or Fish tacos.  Their menu has a good selection of other things, but those are the two crunchy tacos. 

The two tacos were fantastico.  As you can tell from the pictures, their freshly made tortillas puff up when they are fried.  They are light and crunchy, and wonderfully compliment the fish or shrimp filling.  Each has good portions of shrimp or fish - they are good deals and you really get your money's worth.  The fish tacos have a small topping of red cabbage to give it some more crunch.  They don't have a fishy taste either.  The tacos each have a topping of some kind of creamy sauce that is only mildly spicy.  But they come with a side order of their own sauce that is very spicy so you can add as much heat as you like.  I seriously can't wait to go back. 

My only criticism - if you could call it that - is the fried puffy tortillas may only be available for the shrimp and fish fillings.  At least according to the menu.  I'll have to go back and ask (and order more tacos).  One of the South Sac crew also ordered a breakfast burrito with chorizo.  It was good.  Breakfast burritos are a whole other category so we're not going down that road in this review.  It's mentioned here just to let you know that Taco Fresco has several things on their menu. 

So Taco Fresco Burgers and Fries takes a big early lead in the search for the best crispy taco in South Sac.  But there is a caveat.  They take the lead for the best fried fish and shrimp tacos.  Beef? Chicken? Pork? Steak?  Taco Fresco convinces me that there are even different categories for crispy tacos.  The search continues.  Where to next?