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El Chile Picante

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1904 S. Main St. Santa Ana, CA 92707

714-557-2514 

 

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  • Mexican
    Daily 8am-9pm
  • $$
    Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch
  • Not Accepted
    Lot Available
Description

El Chile Picante serves a great machaca, and the chilaquiles remain crispy even under a sea of green or red salsa. But you have to dig a bit through the menu and disregard its many misspellings (don't worry: The picadillo is not "miced meat" despite its English translation, but rather ground beef enlivened with mint) to find El Chile Picante's best entrées, regional Mexican cuisine with weird names such as chavilecas and enchiladas that act more like tacos.







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  • [Hole in the Wall] El Chile Picante Goes Easy on the Cheesy

    [Hole in the Wall] El Chile Picante Goes Easy on the Cheesy

    | Thu, April 02, 2009

    Easy On the CheesyDoes a name like that for a Mexican restaurant inspire much confidence, o brave Hole-in-the-Wall devotees? It sure didn’t for me; I passed by this Santa Ana storefront for years, always assuming it was a holdover from the days wh... More »

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