Tacos los carnales — Restaurant in Rancho Cucamonga

Enjoying coming here during the after lunch hour but before happy hour. Steady stream of customers either stay to eat inside, outside, or take it to go. I ordered the Quesabirria Tacos, called Tacos Toreados. It came with the traditional consomme broth for dipping and sipping. I ordered mine with cheese and it was delicious. I also ordered a taco Al Pastor and it even had pineapple in it, something that is usually forgotten. The salsas were good, the spiciest one was a bit bland, but maybe that was a fluke (forgot the salt?) and we also were offered a small tray of chips for each of us. My husband got a Carnitas Torta and that was good, better than average but not the best he's had. I cannot speak to the spiciness of the salsa as that is all relative and some people have a higher tolerance. They have aguas frescas, bottled and soda can drinks behind the counter for purchase. Everything is handicap accessible, ramps everywhere. The outdoor area is nice and clean. They also have a tiny picnic table for little toddlers and a dog watering station that you can access from the front outside. The Pacific Electric Bike Trail runs behind the restaurant. The bike path has a convenient ramp to the sidewalk in front of the restaurant. The gate from the bike path to the restaurant's outdoor area is usually locked to try to keep vagrants from using the restroom (located outside behind the place) and to keep customers safe. I appreciate that. You can park your bike out back and enjoy the outdoor seating. Horseshoe pits are available and it looks like they have a bar outside that's probably used for special occasions. They do open the gate from the bike path during special occasions for bicyclists to use. It was a very nice place with lots of seating and a TV. They have happy hour now starting at 2pm. I would definitely go back, but I don't know that I would bring my kids because the food was a little on the pricier side thanks to inflation. It's a good place to...

Place has plenty of potential and property to reach those potential.

I've only eaten the tacos, but the pastor and asada are great. The pastor has a nice smooth tangy flavor, and the asada has a nice smokey flavor. I believe I paid 2 dollars a taco for taco Tuesday. These tacos are bigger than your average street tacos. They also served me those tacos with a side of beans and chips at no extra cost, which were tasty also.

As far as the potential goes, I feel like they need some live entertainment at some point. The back patio is huge, and they serve beer, which can lead to lot's of cool events. Carnales is located right off Route 66, take advantage of the car culture the brings, but I digress

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After driving by this restaurant my father had been infatuated with this place. After passing the restaurant he would rant and rave about how nice the restaurant looked. After months of passing the restaurant, he finally decided to take us to eat at Tacos Los Carnales. After having a subpar burrito, his life went downhill. He was in shock that a place that looked so nice tasted so nasty. He began to think his life was a lie. He started to take drugs and lost his job. Soon after my mother kicked him out of the house, I have not seen him since.

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