Taqueria San Jose Inc. — Restaurant in Oakland

I just went again while visiting from out of town. I used to live in Oakland from 1995-1997 and this was a favorite place of mine to eat lunch. I was amazed that when I ordered the same woman was working the counter and the same man was working the grill. The super burrito carne asada and al pastor were still amazing as was the horchata. They still bring chips and spicy salsas (verde and roja) to your table. I took a couple of my adult kids here to share the experience. They loved it and we didn't eat dinner. The prices are reasonable to boot.

Pros: Amazing authentic food, great prices, consistent quality, large portions. Cons: The area is not as safe as it used to be. Go midday for lunch and you should be fine. We walked from the BART station and back.

Helpfull hint: Eat the burrito by placing it vertical and slowly unwrapping the foil from the top as you eat it. My son and I finished ours, but we had skipped breakfast. I don't see most people as being able to finish a whole burrito in one sitting and unwrapping the whole thing to eat it would become...

This is exactly the kind of experience I was hoping to find when I looked for breakfast options in Oakland. After searching through many Reddit and Yelp reviews and finding most of the top rated options to be unappealing (call me old fashioned but I give automatic red flags for decor featuring day of the dead or Frida Khalo), I then randomly looked in Google maps for spots on International near Fruitvale station. The food was legit, salsas bien picosas, all the staff looked like they knew how to fashion a shank from a cardboard toilet paper roll, and the bathrooms were so clean you could eat off them if you don’t mind the flavor of pine Fabuloso. 4/5s for service and atmosphere because I believe a good Mexican food joint should be slightly divey (see El Huarachito in LA), so four stars is actually...

First time a give a restaurant a 5 Star. But why? you may ask. Well simple.. this restaurant has a decent portion of food on the plate. Tortilla chips are Free. My order came with 6 tortillas. And the prices are fair. My dinner was $16 . Other disgusting abusive restaurants. Won't give tortilla chips. They will only give 2 tortillas for your dinner. Their prices are on the $20 to $25 DLS their food portions are so low. And their service sucks. SO IF YOU ARE HUNGRY AND AROUND SAN JOSE TAQUERIA IN FRUITVALE. Go there is the best option. I ate at the other restaurants in the area..they...