Sonora Grill — Restaurant in Moreno Valley

We came here because my mom saw them on tik tok she’s from Sonora so she was hoping the hot dogs were like back home… we got 4 hotdogs 1 fry and 3 drinks for $60… we had high hopes and sadly were disappointed they weren’t terrible just def not Sonora they’re more like links wrapped in bacon. The fry’s were soggy and underdone but I had already gone back cz they got one hot dog wrong And we waited like 40 minutes for the food so I just wanted to eat and leave. Maybe they work one ticket at a time not sure. The lady I’m gonna assume was the boss was nice and apologetic about my order being wrong and got it fixed asap so I was greatful for that, but the blonde that takes the orders is kinda rude and the girl in the skirt and braids seemed annoyed when I tried to tell her I was missing a soda she said yes and nodded when I asked her but never came back with it and the lady I’m assuming was the boss gave it to me..

I say by the bar to wait on my food and you can see the whole kitchen I watched the guy lay out the bacon to roll burritos and then right after put his hand in a bucket of wings without switching gloves… kinda gross in my opinion.. anyways king story short food was ok deff not like home but...

As a Tucson native I'll say that their Sonora dogs are solid (it's hard to live up to BK's or Guerro's but for a restaurant outside of AZ they were very good); but what was really awesome was the carne asada taco I had. I was a little suspicious when they said they used a flour tortilla for the shell rather than a soft shell corn tortilla but as I soon found out it was one of the best tacos I've ever had. It had the standard additions: cilantro, onions, and side of salsa but what really set it apart was the meat. It looked and tasted like flap meat but they did an awesome job of removing most of the chewy gristle so that you could concentrate on the flavor. The flavor is best described as smokey (mesquite?) and the texture on the ends was almost crispy kind of reminiscent of the edge of a skirt steak cooked over a wood fire, something I've never appreciated in any Sonoran taco I've had before but something that clearly set it apart (in an awesome way) from any taco I'd ever had. To top it all off the husband and wife that run the restaurant were extremely friendly and added to the dining experience. I will definitely...

MÉXICO (SONORA) 🇲🇽 Excerpt from Eat the World Los Angeles: The northern Mexican state of Sonora shares its entire international border with Arizona, a geography that has lead to direct routes of exchange. Tucson and Phoenix are full of Sonoran people and restaurants, the most iconic dishes are part of the everyday lives of even for people with completely different family trees.

You will find a focus on the grilled meats and flour tortillas that make up an important part of the diet in a state often too hot and dry for growing corn. During a conversation with the owner of Sonora Grill, her initial thought was that these first-time customers with big eyes and love for flour tortillas must come from Tucson, a place Jackie Tran of Tucson Foodie described as spoiled for them.

A Sonoran-style taco ($2.75 each) is a great deal, served large with plenty of meat, onions, cilantro, and a mild green salsa. You can get them filled with either carne asada or chicken, both of which are cooked over a mesquite-fired grill. The kitchen does excellent work...