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    El Vaquerito Restaurant

    4.2 (145 reviews)
    Closed 9:00 am - 8:00 pm

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    Casual
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    Moderate noise
    Good for kids

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    Small but gets the job done!
    L. W.

    Where have I been? Lol this place is so close to me and just realized it's here. I had their taquitos plate. It was good. I would grab it again. The ambiance is hole in the wall if you like that vibe (I do). They were fast and gave three types of salsas for the platter. They were also friendly and no nonsense. I'm Viking back to try their sopas soon!

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    Martha R.

    Yummy barbacoa tacos! I Love the agua de jamaica here too. It's not too sweet. The torta de asada is flavorful and big.

    Dorado tacos de barbacoa

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    Comida bien autentica,servicio buenisimo, los precios muy buenos. Lo recomiendo altamente

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    Pork tacos were very good and flavorful and tacos de barbacoa great too! Soft meat and overall yummy. Really nice and friendly service too

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    Solid homemade food and really wonderful service all of which makes it feel like home.

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    Good is delicious and the owner is very friendly. Definitely will return and try other foods.

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    Customer service over the phone and in person was great. Carne asada was well seasoned. Salsas were plain and too watery for me.

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    Small place but great food!! Got birria tacos will be back next time trying the Torta or the wet burrito

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    Delicious barbacoa and carne asada burritos today. Fair prices and family owned. This place 100x better than Alberts across the street

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    Very friendly staff, parking is a little crazy since it's small and on a Main Street. Food was good!

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    Casa Calderon

    Casa Calderon

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    Decided to return because I was thinking about the Carne Asada steak plate and had a much better…read moreexperience this time! During this visit, the wait time for food was significantly better than last time (only waited about 10 minutes). I also got the chance to try the Birria Taco, Shrimp taco, and Fish Taco. The Birria taco was divine! Well seasoned meat and had excellent flavors even though it didn't come to consumé. The fish and shrimp tacos were pretty good, too, but didn't stand out as much as the Birria one. The price of the food is also so reasonable!

    Burrito de Asada and Carne a la Tampiqueña. Every good…read moreMexican restaurant in my point of view has to have a good burrito and Casa Calderón does. It came with a side of lettuce, tomato, avocado sliced with sour cream on the side so you can serve your self as you like. The burrito is a good size although not big to my standard, very tasty LOVE the spicy salsa! Music plays a little louder than I like sometimes but it works with the colorful ambiance and rustic, hacienda-like architecture, and picturesque oil paintings. The Tampiqueña plate was fresh served with beans, cheese, one small enchilada, lettuce. The meat topped with cooked white onion and sliced jalapeños was tasty but not as much as the burrito. I've been wanting to stop by for a few years, but today I finally stopped with the wife and enjoyed the food and ambiance, you should stop by and try it too. Oh! Two more things: The service was friendly, and timely. THE TORTILLAS ARE MADE IN-HOUSE. No folic acid BS added to these.

    La Fiesta Grande - Cheese Enchiladas, chicken Taquitos, salsa verde chicken enchiladas, pork Carnitas

    La Fiesta Grande

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    Date of visit: May 10, 2026…read more Selections: Enchiladas de Mole Experience: We had called on Saturday, aka the day before Mother's Day, to see if we could make a reservation, but were told to show up early and we will be seated regardless if our whole party was fully there. We were going to be there a bit before 11:00AM originally on Sunday since their website said 11:00AM, but Yelp said 10:00AM was when they opened. So my husband called on Sunday to check and they did indeed opened at 10:00AM. When we got there, there were already three sets of groups seated and they had to rearrange some tables for us since our party was nine people, which only took a couple of minutes to arrange. We were served complimentary chips and salsa as well as water as we waited for the rest of our party to arrive. I had quickly chosen my dish cause I'm a sucker for mole and there were only two options that had it, so I ended up getting the enchiladas de mole. The servers were great and the food was as pretty good too. I ended up taking leftovers home since I had eaten too much chips and dip before my actual food came cause the server refilled our chips on our end of the table like four times. The mole was pretty good and I wish there was more of it and didn't really enjoy that there was veggies inside the enchiladas since I think I was expecting more chicken than veggies inside. Not a big fan of beans, but they were pretty good with the melted cheese on top and the rice was good too. I definitely loved the decor they had and the designs painted on the walls because they eee so pretty and provided good photo op backgrounds.

    First time here and not impressed. Service was pretty good. Not great, but not that bad either…read more But the food? Not good. For the prices they are asking, wife & I expected some pretty good food. We were fooled. The food was below average. We've had tacos, enchiladas, quesadillas, etc. at half the price of this place, and they tasted twice as good. The chicken here was a mix of white and dark meat. Which is fine. But how is the dark meat so dry? White meat also pretty dry. And was there any seasoning on the meat? Didn't taste like it. Enchilada sauce was very minimal in amount and flavor. Taco just ok. Drinks tasted fine, but overpriced and weak. All in all, if we are going to pay these prices, we expect very good food. This food was not worth coming back for, even if the price was less. I will say one thing, their beans are good.

    Lunas Bar and Grill - Taco Tuesday. Carne Asada

    Lunas Bar and Grill

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    The food was delicious!! Just wished their serving dish for chips were larger! It was absolutely…read moreannoying that the server had to fill the small basket the chips came in with a party of two! Service was awesome! Very well managed and was always asking if we were in need of anything. The ambiance was very nice and relaxing! We enjoyed our delicious meal and felt like we weren't being rushed to leave after eating our meal...

    Horrible experience and rudeness from the server !! Bald Hispanic man in his 50's…read more Went to try it for the first time on Monday during lunch time. My mom ordered the pozole verde and rajas con crema. Everything was going good until the server very rudely came and asked my mom to stop feeding my 9 month old baby because he was making noise and that "he had other guests and it was a bother" . We were both left in shock and it took us a second to process what he had just said. We had only taken a few bites of our food and we were commenting that it was good but this man's rudeness left us speechless. There was only 2 tables seated aside from us one gentleman and a group of 3 gentlemen on the other other table. I walked up to them and apologized if my baby was disturbing them and they all said no that he was not at all and they had kids and knew that the baby's were baby's. We felt extremely uncomfortable and discriminated by this man that I just asked for the check and left without even getting thru half of our food. This is such a Disappointment because they are suppose to be a family restaurant which I would assume is okay with children at their establishment but I guess not. There should be a sign at the door that says NO CHILDREN ALLOWED specially the ones that make any sort of noise. Management I expect a response from you! This is not okay!

    Cerveceria Del Pueblo - Pau Hana Hawaiian Sour available in the taproom and in cans to go while supplies last!

    Cerveceria Del Pueblo

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    Great little beer spot in old town Pasadena…read more We arrived around 6pm on a Saturday and the place was packed, but we were able to find 2 seats at a communal picnic table inside. Small joint but they have a few bar seats and picnic tables inside and a nice outdoor patio with more seating. They don't offer food but usually have a food truck outside. We ordered a flight of beer to try a few different styles. The guy behind the bar was great and the beers were tasty.

    Small local brewery in Pasadena that's beneficial to the community, have seen people reserve a few…read moretables for parties and they have meet-ups. For example, they have a Spanish Language Brewery Meet-up every 3rd Thursday from 7:30-9:30pm monthly. Parking is street only so be mindful of the neighbors. There is no food service at this location but they seem to partner with a couple food trucks serving tacos. Some inside open air seating but the main draw is the relaxing patio. I liked their hard seltzers with fun flavors as jicama, tamarindo and passionfruit. I didn't like so much their signature Yerba Mate Pale Ale, but thought it was an interesting concept. The happy hour special is Monday all day and Tuesday-Friday open until 6pm $2 off full pours. Very family friendly, I always see a couple tables with children and dogs at them. Maybe I'm getting to be an old fuddy duddy but I hate when parents let their kids go free range. Screaming and running around like the establishment is a park these kids becoming trip hazards. There needs to be a revamp of their board game collection. There three boxes of games that looked incomplete or used up, not good with such games as Scrabble and Pictionary. Free Wifi with log-in is a bonus!

    El Vaquerito Restaurant - mexican - Updated May 2026

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