Hey, does anyone know where in town to buy fresh tortilla chips? Not the mass-produced, over-
salted bagged variety, but real homemade ones?
COMMENT 64412
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2010-03-23 12:13 PM |
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Go to any Mexican Restaurant and order a couple of batches and your favorite salsa, that is what I do for parties or quick muchie fix. Packaged kind you can find in Santa Maria at El Toro
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COMMENT 64413
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2010-03-23 12:13 PM |
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Since there is no more La Tolteca how about Rose Cafe? How much are we talking about?
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GOLFERRW
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2010-03-23 12:15 PM |
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Rudy's has great chips and quac!
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COMMENT 64421
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2010-03-23 12:23 PM |
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I have purchased chips and salsa to go at Playa Azul. Very good!
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COMMENT 64422
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2010-03-23 12:24 PM |
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Most small mexican food places will fry them up and serve them with salsa or guac for a reasonable fee. Just make sure they fry them before they serve them, otherwise there's a good chance they might be from a giant bag of chips hiding under a counter. Los Arroyos has good fresh chips.
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COMMENT 64424
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2010-03-23 12:29 PM |
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I went into the Albertsons by costco once and they had a fresh chip section there that had just came out of the frier
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COMMENT 64430
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2010-03-23 12:44 PM |
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lito's or super-cucas
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COMMENT 64436
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2010-03-23 01:04 PM |
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That's funny, because at the places that I consider to have the best Mexican food (e.g. El Bajio), they don't do chips. Los Arroyos has very good chips, and their hot Salsa Quemada is probably the best fresh hot salsa in SB. Stay away from Del Pueblo...their chips are way too thick.
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COMMENT 64448P
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2010-03-23 02:35 PM |
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Cucas on the Westside and the Mesa has EXCELLENT fresh chips, and salsa-practically a steal. Also good guacamole.
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COMMENT 64451
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2010-03-23 03:01 PM |
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What's a good tortilla chip without good salsa? Cuca's salsa is horrible. Just like El Sitio, Del Pueblo, La Carreta, et al...it all comes out of a huge jug.
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COMMENT 64459
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2010-03-23 03:55 PM |
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Rose Cafe!!
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COMMENT 64466
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2010-03-23 04:18 PM |
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Well, it isn't in town but El Rancho Market up in Santa Ynez has great chips, made fresh daily and a variety awesome salsas.
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COMMENT 64492
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2010-03-23 06:19 PM |
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I <3 Chino's
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THE BARRON
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2010-03-23 07:45 PM |
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Kiki's Chips from Lompoc are THE BEST! You can get them at any market in the Santa Ynez Valley or Lompoc. They are ULTRA-FRESH. Yum
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COMMENT 64551
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2010-03-24 07:04 AM |
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I would have to say El Rancho in Solvang has the best, then maybe Rudy's.
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COMMENT 64560
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2010-03-24 07:23 AM |
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New Baja Grill (in Goleta by Costco) has great chips and salsa! All their salsas are made fresh daily, they also have the best guac in town! My mom loves the chips and salsa from El Bohemia in Old Town Goleta. I like the chips, they are slightly sweet but the salsa is on the hotter side.
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COMMENT 64566
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2010-03-24 07:45 AM |
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How about this idea? Make your own. When we want fresh chips, we fry 'em up ourselves. Way better than anything you can buy.
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COMMENT 64567P
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2010-03-24 07:46 AM |
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make your own. slice corn tortillas into 6 triangular pieces and fry in oil until they just turn crisp.
Truly great sabor!
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COMMENT 64571
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2010-03-24 07:56 AM |
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Huge bags of chips at Pepe's in Old Town.
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COMMENT 64576
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2010-03-24 08:18 AM |
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El Rancho Market in Santa Ynez has the best chips I've found.
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SEEDLADY
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2010-03-24 08:33 AM |
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There's a science to making good chips: good tortillas, oil hot and FRESH enough, and seasonings that do not overpower the fresh corn flavor. Usually chips that are heavily salted mean poor quality or stale tortillas. To heck with restaurants posting health dept's gradings at their front window. I say they hsould post the day(s) they change the oil in htier deep fryers. Old old not only makes food taste bad, it's unhealthy.
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SEEDLADY
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2010-03-24 08:34 AM |
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hoo boy--thats' old OIL...and should and their and where's my coffee?
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COMMENT 64604
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2010-03-24 09:00 AM |
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Rudy's
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COMMENT 64686
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2010-03-24 11:56 AM |
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Blue Agave has the best chips and salsa anywhere!
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