Restaurante la Carreta

I usually don’t leave Unilocal review but this place was legit. Kinda just ended up here with some friends on the way to SF and was not disappointed. $ 5 for a great asada burrito.

Excellent asada burritos. Get the spicier red tomatillo salsa for ‘em. Great lunch halfway between SF and LA. Tasty jugo de Jamaica too. ¡Provecho!

Grossest veggie burrito I’ve ever had. One bite was enough. They also wouldn’t switch it out for me, despite me clearly not touching it so I had to buy a second meal. Hot sauce was awful too.

Avenal.
If you’re looking at this review you’re probably in one of the two categories:
A.) Where the heck is Avenal
or
B.) Help! I’m stuck in Avenal and got a bad case of the hangries.
Well, have no fear weary (and lost) travelers, Avenal does have food and it’s not from a drive-​thru.
Tacos are just one of those things that are great anywhere you go. I’ve honestly never had a bad taco (discounting some of my poor late night choices with Taco Bell). And if you’re in Avenal, my guess is you’re starving and anything short of a salsa covered boot would be tasty.
Restaurante la Carreta is right on the main road into the town. Easy access.
We arrived around 4pm and considered this our late lunch. There was only one other guy in there chowing down on several tacos. We seated ourselves and were promptly given menus by a fairly young looking kid — maybe 15?
I order a trio of tacos — two carnes asada and one chicken. They were fine. Good, but not great. There wasn’t a ton of flavor. I didn’t get my usual side of onions, cilantro, radishes, and variety of salsas. Call me spoiled, but sometimes it’s the extra’s that make a great taco.
If you’re in Avenal and starving, this is the place to come. It’s better than Subway by the 5

It’s a hole in the wall, the service is very nice and the food was really fresh and tasty. The nachos and salsa seemed like it was just made and not store bought

This place needs some work. «Salsa» tastes like they poured a V8 into a bowl and called it salsa. I’m a firm believer that the salsa is a pretty good indication of the food to come and sure enough my logic is once again correct. My girlfriend ordered the chilaquiles and I was brave and ordered the menudo. I kid you not, both entrees tasted just like the salsa. I get it, the red chile is universal and can be mixed and matched to cook other dishes but that only makes other things not so good. The chilaquiles were bland and the menudo was even worse. Perhaps the food wasn’t suitable to my palate but I know I won’t be going back.