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In Oxnard, tacos aren't just a menu item. They're a culinary treasure.
What is the Oxnard Taco Trail?
The Oxnard Taco Trail is Visit Oxnard's top list of must-visit taco joints within city limits. With dozens of taquerias, taco trucks and Mexican restaurants in town, tacos are the unofficial food of Oxnard (well, besides strawberries). Looking for the best street-style tacos, tortas, margaritas and more in Oxnard? Set out on your taco quest! Sample from these top picks by taking yourself on a self-guided tour of the Oxnard Taco Trail.
We feature the most popular ancestral Mexican shredded beef. Our delicious traditional beef dish is simmered with a unique blend of chilis and spices. All of our tortillas are fresh and made by hand. It can be eaten alone or in tacos, burritos and more served with cilantro, limes, onions and salsa.
Cabo Seafood Grill and Cantina uses only handmade tortillas and offers table-side guacamole made right in front of you. If your lucky the live Mariachi band will serenade you.
Carnitas El Rey is a local family-owned restaurant that focuses on the artisanal craft of carnitas making. Everything is freshly made from scratch each day. Carnitas El Rey was voted in the top 100 places to eat in the USA in 2017 by Yelp.
This Mexican restaurant has plenty of mouth-watering carnitas options on the menu. The tortillas are made fresh, and there are delicious Aguas Frescas and cold beer to compliment your meal. Don’t forget to ask for onions, cilantro, lime and for green and red salsa to spice up your feast.
The menu at El 30 Mariscos is full of traditional favorites and unique dishes that will satisfy your cravings, including seafood, molcajetes, michelades, burritos and of course, tacos.
This cocina traditional Mexicana serves up caldos del mar, tostadas, and of course tacos! Try the Tacos Gobernador made with three homemade corn tortillas filled with jack cheese and shrimp cooked with spicy sauce on the grill.
Located on Oxnard Blvd, this Mexican restaurant offers a true taste of Mexican cuisine that will keep you coming back. Try their spicy shrimp Tacos along with their famous salsa or the crispy tacos with your choice of meat.
At El Pollo Norteño, delicious food is what you will enjoy. In business since 1982, this place really knows its stuff. Try the flame-grilled chicken and tri-tip or order it as a family pack special and feed the whole family at a great price.
As if it couldn’t get any better, this taco truck is expanding with a new restaurant in Oxnard. The food is grilled to order, and you better believe the tortillas are handmade too. Order the signature "Our House Taco" made with Flour Tortilla, melted cheese, pinto beans, cabbage, onion, cilantro, and salsa.
Juarez Tacos is a food truck perhaps best known for its Instagram worthy concoctions, including its mini Juarez Trompo, Flautas Toxicas, Pizzadilla and of course its uber melty quesabirria tacos. Top it off with a delicious agua fresca drink, and you’re good to go!
Julian’s Aguachiles Restaurant is a family owned Mexican food restaurant located in Downtown Oxnard. We specialize in serving you delicious authentic Mexican food. Come try some of our mouth watering seafood dishes or delicious handmade tortilla tacos.
Enjoy a unique dining experience at King & Queen Cantina. The unforgettable vibrant atmosphere together with curiously unique Mexican-inspired dishes will have you coming back to try more.
Customers rave about this bright, friendly, family-owned Mexican-style market in Downtown Oxnard, offering authentic tacos, carnitas, and great natural fruit ice cream with traditional Mexican flavors.
La Huerta serves Tijuana-style tacos stuffed with adobada, chorizo, Pollo, Carnitas and Asada and shrimp tacos made with Cebolla asada, lechuaga, tomato, salsa de chipotle and agrio crema.
La Vero's Mexican Seafood & Bar
La Vero's Mexican Seafood & Bar serves homemade chips and salsa and tableside guacamole.
Try shrimp cocktails, crispy house fries and ceviche with a cold Michelada.
Want to try something new? Check out the chilaquiles with carne asada, carnitas, mole, soft tacos and barbacoa.
Lalo’s Family Restaurant serves delicious authentic Mexican cuisine. Opened in 2016 in Oxnard, Lalo’s believes that Mexican gastronomy is an art, a combination of textures, rich flavors, colorful ingredients, and culinary methods. They’re open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Located on Gonzales road, Los Remedios is a friendly mom-and-pop restaurant with great pricing. Order a Caldo de Pollo, catch your favorite team on the TVs and enjoy. Service is fast, friendly and they also offer catering.
Mi Pueblo Mexican Grill has authentic Mexican food, seafood, fresh homemade tortillas, and a full bar. The restaurant also has music and TV’s for sports events.
The Otani family has been proudly serving Oxnard since the first business opened on the boulevard in 1908. Five generations and over 110 years later, Izuto "Izzy" Otani started Otani's Seafood in 1952. With his wife Helen by his side, Izzy left other family businesses to turn his passion for fishing into a business of his very own. "Izzy Otani Fish Market" opened for business with original recipes that are still served today
Experience the true flavor of authentic Oxaxacan cuisine at 8 Regiones Located inside a strip mall in Port Hueneme. Make it your own and choose between Asada, pastor, chorizo, mushrooms, or chicken.
Ruby's Cafe features authentic Mexican and continental cuisine in Downtown Oxnard. Try the Trio Seafood tower. At night, Ruby's is the place for Latin music and dancing almost every night of the week.
Home of the famous Fish Taco, Tacos Gobernador, Shrimp and Mahi Mahi Tacos, Taqueria y Mariscos, Pizzadillas, Mega Burritos and much more!
Seasand is a popular food truck known for its fresh, flavorful menu. If you are looking for some bomb fish tacos or empanadas, this food truck marks the spot. Remember to order a side of the ceviche to complete your meal.
Tacos Don Chente is a restaurant serving authentic Mexican and Seafood dishes. Serving traditional street tacos, breakfast burritos, enchiladas, menudo and much more. We offer dine in with Salsa Bar, delivery app services and also have a Drive-Thru! Come visit this family owned business and be sure to leave satisfied!
At Tacos El Brother, try the Puffy taco, a Fluffy crunchy taco, or sink your teeth into the Hot Cheetos tacos for something a little spicy.
Craving that authentic, mouthwatering, Mexican cuisine, their tacos are unforgettable. Moreover, on the brunch menu, order the buttery and sugary banana French toast as a side to every breakfast order for a taste of heaven.
For tasty tacos, burritos and tortas, check out Tacos La Bonita. This food truck also has a salsa bar so that you can add a little spice to your meal. Order the barbacoa tacos for a tasty treat you’ll want to order again and again. They also make their own tortillas - yummy!
Taqueria Cuernavaca brings true authentic Mexican cuisine with some additional modern cuisine to the Pacific Coast of Southern California. Served with a modern flair, including street tacos and the Pizzadilla made with streak, pastor, sour cream, jack cheese, special red sauce, Cheetos and guacamole.
Yolanda's is an Oxnard favorite - enjoy tasty Mexican cuisine in a waterfront setting. Try the chicken quesadilla taco, tacos del mar, or the shrimp quesadilla tacos. You can order a flight of Margaritas to wash it all down.
oxnard taco trail video game!
Tour the Oxnard Taco Trail virtually! We'd have it no other way. Play as 8-bit style versions of Wade and Natasha from Visit Oxnard's short film "A Taco Story." Drive around Oxnard in a little red Corvette, just like they do in the mini movie.
Taco Guide
That's a lot of taco spots! Can't decide where to go for your fill of mouthwatering tacos? Here are our thoughts on the best taco spots by category.
Best Taco Trucks
Some of the city’s most delicious tacos aren’t assembled in a brick and mortar building; they’re prepared on wheels in a parking lot, giving meaning to the term “street tacos.” These no frills eateries don’t require all the bells and whistles; they stake their confidence in their really really really good food! Check out Tacos Jerez, Tacos Arandas and Tacos El Caporal for some especially bomb tacos. Visit Oxnard recommends “Los Vampiros” (vampire tacos); try them w/ beef barbacoa, prepared with hand-made tortillas deep fried in shredded cheese, from Tacos La Bonita at any of their FOUR Oxnard locations.
Best Seafood Tacos and Mariscos
Bringing the sea to your GI tract, these slingers of shellfish really SEAl the deal. Try selections from locations on our Taco Trail, including El 30 Mariscos Mexican Seafood Restaurant, Sabor Taqueria Y Mariscos, La Vero’s Mexican Seafood & Bar. Where do you find our favorite fish tacos? Proudly serving the community since 1908, the Otani Family mixes Japanese-style seafood with a twist of Mexican flair at Otani’s Fish Market & Restaurant.
Family-Style Restaurant Tacos
In search of traditional Mexican cuisine in a restaurant atmosphere? Pull up a chair at Mi Pueblo Mexican Grill, Cabo Seafood Grill & Cantina, Yolanda’s Mexican Café and Money Pancho Mexican Restaurant. Lalo's Family Restaurant will have your kiddos' eyeballs glued to the Southwestern decor that adorns the restaurant walls.
Best Quick-Service Tacos
Quick-service taquerias are scattered throughout the various districts of Oxnard, but our residents’ taste buds are particularly enamored with Carnitas El Rey, Taqueria Cuernavaca, House of Tacos and Tacos DF. If you're the type who loves an Instagram-worthy selfie with your tacos, House of Tacos is the place to go with its colorful murals and neon light selfie-wall that reads, "Tu y yo, comiendo tacos? No se, piensalo!"
Best Margaritas & Micheladas (Margs & Michies!)
Taco consumption isn’t complete without something to whet your whistle! Skip the grocery store tequila and opt for our favorite cocktail concoctions from Cabo Seafood Grill & Cantina, Los Remedios and El Chilito. Mr. Tempo's 'mas chingon' menu at King & Queen Cantina at The Collection at RiverPark includes colorful candy-topped drinks worthy of your TikTok reels.
Conclusion
And, there you have it! Have more taco tips? Email us your suggestions!