Tacos Tonaya #2 — Restaurant in Chico

Delicious!

My first time at Tacos Tonaya was many years ago when I was a freshman at Chico State. I remember going with my roommate and new friends and we ordered food to go and I remember the first thing I ever ordered were nachos (super yummy!). The following years, during my time as an undergrad, I continued to order Tacos Tonaya. I went so often that I became a regular and formed a friendship with the owners, specially the mom. My regular order became a vegetarian burrito and an horchata. Every time i walked in, she would see me and tell me to wait for my order to be prepared and then charge me before I left. My last meal after graduating from Chico State and before returning home was Tacos Tonaya and it was truly my hardest goodbye.

I have visited Chico a couple of times since but Tacos Tonaya was unfortunately closed and could not order.

I finally went again this past October, after years, and everything felt so familiar. The burrito was just as delicious and the horchata just as tasty and refreshing. I am so proud of the family for expanding their restaurant space and I continue to wish them the absolute best. I truly think about this place almost daily and can't...

I'm giving 3 stars because it was my first time there and part of my experience might not represent a normal experience. My wife and I were super excited to get Birria Taco's. We chose Tacos Tonya #2 because of its great reviews claiming the best birria in Chico.

We ordered the tacos and some taquito's to share. It was 100° outside and in the restaurant it was likely around 90° there were 3 customers ahead of us and it took roughly 30 minutes to get our food. As you can see in the first pics, everything looked decent, however the first bite proved otherwise. There was no discernable flavor! I tried the consome..... no flavor - taquitos, you guessed it - no flavor. It turned out the most flavorful thing on the table was the radish. We left disappointed and drove over to Mi Jalisco and got some decent tacos. Maybe it was an off day, but I won't...

The very first time I had a tacos tonaya burrito, I knew it was true love. After a beautiful 2 year relationship with these fantastic burritos, I moved away to Oregon. I now tell everybody in Oregon about these burritos, how nobody could ever compare, and every time I make a trip back to Chico I indulge at least once! Been about 6 years now of this being my FAVORITE burrito place and they've never let me down once 😍 not one single disappointing burrito in all that time! SO thankful they're still open and doing business despite these hard times. I continue to dream about the hot...