El Sabroso Mexican grill & seafood(OPEN) — Restaurant in California

Place was okay I have had better but for a truck stop it was decent enough but very expensive for what you got. Little meat in the burritos and lots of pico in them to take up the space. The salsas are not good at all! They have almost no flavor to them and not enough tomato in them compared to other places we have been on the road. The breakfast burrito was really good here. The fries were also really good and a big serving of fries too. Food was hot and the place was mostly clean. It was so full and people everywhere it must be hard to keep the tables wiped off. It shares the food court with a few other places. But 2 burritos and some taquitos and fries were over $30.00 So maybe we will just stick to little Cesar's next time for the $5.00 pizza. We took our food to go and mixed some Tapatio sauce into the salsa and it helped quite a bit with giving it some flavor. Salsa should taste sorta sweet and then a burn should creep up on you as you eat it. At least that's how I like...

• COVID-19 ALERT **

If you like spray or aerosol droplets with your food, this is the place for you!!!!

The workers DO NOT wear masks while preparing food.

I travel the I-5 often and stumbled upon this establishment a few moths ago. It had become my regular destination and I have eater here on five previous occasions, but today was my LAST.

While every other employee of this shared food court was wearing masks, El Sabroso Mexican Grill and Seafood has different standards. Apparently, the potential of spreading disease is not of concern as the woman who was preparing my order INCHES away from her MASKLESS face.

As she was in the process of building my burrito, I asked her if it was acceptable to prepare food maskless and her answer was it was absolutely fine.

Fine to prepare food within inches of your uncovered mouth? Okay, fine. I told her to cancel my order and I walked out. ...

Happened upon this place a couple of years ago on our way to Southern California and it's become a "must stop" spot for me. I love their burritos - everything about it is delicious! From the steak to the rice and beans, it's perfect. During this past weekend's trip, I made sure to stop on the way to Los Angeles and back. Yes, for me, their burritos are that good!

El Sabroso is located in a truck stop/gas station/fast food exit right off of I-5; exit 319 for Avenal, to be exact. Besides El Sabroso there's a Subway, Little Caesars and a convenience store, and there are gas pumps for both big rigs (one one side) and cars on the other side.

While I am not looking forward to another road trip to Southern California, stopping at El Sabroso...