Xinantecatl Restaurant — Restaurant in Fresno

The Xinantecatl Restaurant arose on our horizon after a week of backpacking in the Sierras. I'm sure it wasn't only the contrast with rehydrated camping food while slapping hummingbird-sized mosquitoes. But this place is the real deal! Each person in our five person party descended into reverential silence while enjoying fajitas, salad with steak, camarones a la veracruzana (spicy and savory) and camarones a la diablo (SPICY and savory). Meals were served with hot corn tortillas following complimentary excellent thick cut tortilla chips and both red and tomatillo salsas, both tangy and yummy. The man who greeted us was also the chef and waiter, a charming guy on top of talented and efficient cook and cultural translator (ask him what the restaurant name means!).  Complimentary ice creams were his final gift as we departed home to the showers he never let on knowing that we needed.  I'll be back for sure whenever...

I came for a breakfast burrito but I realized they didn't have it on menu, but he said he can make me one. I asked for chorizo burrito. The burrito was delicious, but it wasn't a chorizo burrito. I don't know if he jist didn't want to tell me they had none or if he thought I didn't know the difference between bacon or chorizo. Luckily though it was delicious or I would have been upset. Just hope in the future he will be upfront and honest about what can be made and if they don't have an ingredient. It did not make me feel good just because I started wondering if assumptions were being made of me, but then I thought I don't want to make assumptions just because of past incidents that were similar. Note the guy who helped me was very friendly, and I do appreciate him making something off menu for me. So it might have just been...

My grandma and I had gone on a train ride to Fresno and after haven taken Uber to a few places all of them were closed. We were a bit disappointed that our plans to spend the day in Fresno had not worked out as well as we had hoped for, so before heading back home we decided to go eat at Xinantecatl.The owner is welcoming and very Friendly, since it was slow he even sat down at one of the tables next to us and had a great conversation while we were eating. This place is the best I've been to for fish tacos. Their tacos a big and come with fish, rices, vegetable and sour cream. I loved that the food had a lot of flavor without being greasy. Since it was close to closing and it wasn't busy the owner even dropped us off at the...