Ruben and his family are amazing, and the food is amazing as well! This is my go-to hibachi spot!read more

Ruben's Hibachi is a popular food stand parked a block away from Chase & Wells Fargo bank. Street…read moreparking only. Look for the white cabless caboose at Paseo Grande & Via Arriba. Parked behind white truck. Greeted courteously, promptly when I approached window. Took their recommendation for shrimp, N.Y. Steak. Breast meat combo. Payment options: cash. Zelle, Apple Pay. One table for dining. Super Bowl Sunday was a slow day here. Many vendors didn't show or closed early. Cooked to order in 10 minutes Offerings: drinks, combination plates. Diablo noodles, sides. Bites: shrimp, NY steak, chicken breast plate (31+tax) -came with Yum Yum sauce ( creamy mayoish), Ginger sauce (soy, ginger...) dipped with all proteins. -7 large crunchy juicy shrimps. Deliz. -many small pieces medium rare steaks: juicy, tender, no gristle. Juices mixed with fried rice was so tasty. -chicken breast pieces also tender. A little dry. Juices made it good. -left grilled veggies (onion, carrots. Cucumber) for snack later. Too full. Veggies deliz. -comped a can of coke. Learned Ruben worked 30 years at Benihana & Hana Japan. Recipes the same. Family operated food stand. 5 stars worthy! Quantity: plenty. Quality: excellent. Fresh. Cooked to order.

La Tortilla is a food stand that appears weekends in a vacant parking lot that once hosted the San…read moreLorenzo Farmers Market. it's at a corner location across from a long vacated liquor store. it's not noticeable for afar. only a black covered griller and a sign on the corner is visible upon closer inspection. offerings: mexican "bbq" chicken, spareribs marinated and grilled slowly over charcoal. this is the lst griller l've seen that is covered, not susceptible to overhead contamination. eats: whole chicken chopped (15) -not as juicy as i wanted but not as dry as previous chickens. much bigger, juicier than others i've tasted. -had 3 house made salsas that were phenom: a green (looking like quac but not), a red sweet chili one, and a red spicy one. - -there were few chickens in the "cooked" basket. there's always an option to wait for chickens/spareribs to cook to perfection. 4.5 stars, best "bbq" chicken eaten so far, fab value,

I was really dissapointed .... I stopped by at 3pm on a Saturday and purchased a whole chicken for…read more$15 and half slab of ribs for $10. They cook these over charcoal and the chicken is spatchcocked. (split in half) I was expecting for them to pull chicken off the grill but instead, they pulled them from a cooler. Evidently they cook them up and chop up into the strangest sized pieces and throw in coolers. I had no idea what we were eating. The half rack of ribs was all the gristel and cartilage cut off the ends. I received no bones and very little meat connected to the cartilage. So now they don't have anything to feed their dogs.

It's a little bit hard to find - down a driveway in a residential neighborhood - though worth the…read moreeffort! Delicious food & people - like eating in your chef friend's nice backyard. I had a birria quesadilla & left happy & very full! ;)

I thought we wouldn't be treated as well because me and my girlfriend aren't Hispanic and don't…read morespeak Spanish. The lady however was super nice and welcoming it felt like I was a little Mexican kid waiting for his mom's cooking... The food was also super good, Birria nice and juicy and the portions are massive. Great service I always make sure to leave a tip here because of how nice they are...

this fresh fruit stand is at the driveway nearby Asia Delight Chinese restaurant. to the left is a…read morestrip mall that has a sushi, a middle east market, pho, a bar, chinese bbq, pupusas, subway, boba drinks. the food stand has no singage, just offers 2 kinds of fresh fruit, 32 oz or a tray. fruits: cucumbers, waterlemon, cantaloupe, pineapple, toppings: salt, chili flakes or lime juice. eats: cup of fruits with lime juice sans cucumbers (7) -overall it was a good value. fruits weren't cold enough, maybe the heat overwhelmed his colding capacity? some fruits were hard not watery like the watermelon. take outs: -lots of parking

Cruising down Hesperian, my face was dripping with sweat and my eyes were scanning for a reprieve…read more The fruit cart oasis appeared: one machete amongst kaleidoscope of fruit. I made a quick right, pulled in to the Chase parking lot, and stepped up to the line. $8 standard fruit cup: Papaya, Coconut, Watermelon, Jicama, Cucumber, Mango, Cantaloupe, Pineapple, and more. He chops it up fresh in front of you, piles it into the cup, squeeze half a lime worth of juice, and sprinkle Taijin powder and Chamoy. I saw there were also a clamshell container option but I did not look too closely as I ran to the cover of my car to eat my tasty gems. Great fruit, smiling service, and affordable price to combat the sweaty summer and looming fire season.

Tacos y Carnitas El Garanon is a food stand that's here on the weekends from ? to 2-3ish. look for…read morea a big red tent. they grilled the proteins on site. there are tables set up to eat on site. no menus nor signage seen. all associates were wearing aprons with the name "Tacos y Canitas El Garanon" on it. offerings: Tacos, Carnitas, Tortas, Quesadillas, Mulitas. eats: Barbacoa/Carnitas tacos @3.50, unknown if other proteins offered... -corn tortillas grilled on site. proteins grilled to order-tasted semi-tender, juicy. -various salsas are on table for self servicing. -garnished with chopped onions, cilantro, lime squeeze. 4.5 stars for the uniqueness of freshly made mexican eats. located a block from hesperian blvd. near a former liquor store. on the edge of a parking lot.

this Mexican Grilled Meat food stand is in a dirt lot next to a gas station. Across the street is…read moreUS Foods Chef's Store. Saturday & Sundays only. there's flowing banners on the corner and a standing sign on E. Lewelling Blvd. spareribs and chicken is what's offered. unlike the other places i've tried, the chicken here isn't overly dry. it didn't have much marinated flavoring either. it came with a red sauce that has a tomato base. (not pico de gallo) eats: whole grilled chicken (15) -the drumsticks, thighs were moist, the bonier part of the chicken was dry. =some parts of the chicken had black grill marks. =the sauce made the chicken worthwhile. otherwise not. not a lot of sodium tasted.

this Mexican snack stand has it's colorful shade covering up. it's in the parking lot of a western…read morewear parking lot. no posted menu seen. offerings: fried snacks, fruit cups, corn nibbets, some kind of snack that are in the plastic jars that goes over crushed ice. eats: fruit cup (7) -very fresh chucks of cucumber, watermelon, cantaloupe, mango flavored with lime and salt. tasty, refreshing. 4.5 stars.

Melon Crush is present at Bayfair Farmers Market selling aquafresca…read more flavors: aquafresca: strawberry hibiscus, cantaloupe, cucumber lime, drink: strawberry hisbiscus (24 oz. 5) -refreshing with bits of strawberry within, no sugar added. slightly tart

Love Jollof Kitchen! I go every month on first Friday in Oakland for the veggie plate. I put my…read morefriends on and all they talk about is when we're going back! Service is always great and super quick. The flavors with just the jollof rice are amazing, full of flavor in every bite. It tastes just like my friend's mom back home so I will forever appreciate the food.

I had the pleasure of meeting the owner/chef of Jollof Kitchen and you can taste the love the food…read moreis prepared with. The flavor is fortified and complex in the mos delicious way. It is undeniably low and slow build and development of flavor. It's the bite you take and your entire body experiences it! I can not say enough about how delicious the food here is the rice is cooked to perfection it is not over or undercooked it is bursting with flavor, the chicken is tender falling off of the bone. Chef Kimmie is guided by the ancestors in her preparation of this food from the gods.

Excelente restaurante. La comida es realmente deliciosa, con un sabor auténtico, como hecha en…read morecasa. La atención es amable, profesional y muy cordial, te hacen sentir bienvenido desde el primer momento. Los precios son muy buenos en relación con la calidad y las porciones. El lugar se mantiene limpio y ordenado, cuenta con parqueo, y el servicio en general es excelente. Totalmente recomendado.

Great food, great place. Me and my wife enjoyed the Fried chicken with fries. It was really crunchy…read moreand juicy, and the fries were homemade. Great portions as well.