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1221 E. First St. Santa Ana, CA 92701

714-571-0415

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Best Burrito
Award Winner 2008

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Cuisine(s): Mexican, Yucatecan

Hours: Daily 9am-9pm

Price: $
Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards

Features: Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible, Kid Friendly

Serving: Dinner, Lunch
Alcohol: None

Reservations: Not Accepted

Parking: Lot Available

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2008 | Best Burrito

You don't expect much from Peña's Restaurant the first time you visit--saddles for seats, too many portraits of charros and Pancho Villa, this tiny Santa Ana operation seems like a tourist trap worthy of Olvera Street. And the menu also seems Del Taco-bad upon a cursory reading--tacos, burritos, enchiladas . . . snore. But read the fine print. Notice that one of the meats available is cochinita pibil, a style of pork cooked in the Yucatan and about the closest it... More »

[This Hole-in-the-Wall Life] The Best Pork Since Bacon

By | Thu, January 31, 2008

PEÑA'S RESTAURANT in Santa Ana has a large menu with all the Mexican food a native Southern Californian ever needs—tacos, enchiladas, burritos, carne asada. I've never tasted these platters at Peña's, nor do I plan to. Every time I visit this rece... More »

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ocweeklybestof | Costa Mesa, CA | 160 Reviews

| Wed, May 6, 2009

You don't expect much from Pe�a's Restaurant the first time you visit�saddles for seats, too many portraits of charros and Pancho Villa, this tiny Santa Ana operation seems like a tourist trap worthy of Olvera Street. And the menu also seems Del Taco-bad upon a cursory reading�tacos, burritos, enchiladas . . . snore. But read the fine print. Notice that one of the meats available is cochinita pibil, a style of pork cooked in the Yucatan and about the closest it gets to piggy bliss: fatty, sweet, with a citrus tinge and lurking spices. Only three places in the county prepare cochinita pibil regularly, and Pe�a's does it best, stuffing it into a massive, crisped flour tortilla alongside pickled red onions. It's big enough to sustain you for a week.

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