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3121 S. Main St. Santa Ana, CA 92707

714-557-0907 

http://www.taqueriazamora.net  

3121 S. Main St. Santa Ana CA 92707

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  • Mexican
    Daily 7am-9pm
  • $ $
    Takeout
  • Not Necessary
    Lot Available
Description

Taqueria Zamora is the type of place where Mexicans go when they don't want to cook. All meals start with complimentary refried beans topped with salty cotija cheese, perfect for scooping up with the freshly fried tortilla chips; a bowl of chile de arbol sits on the side, nearly bubbling with its ire. You can order entrées available at any other Mexican restaurant in the county, but Zamora hides some treasures in the most unassuming of choices. A request for a taco produces the largest one I've ever met that wasn't a taco acorazado.








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  • No. 92, Free Beans and Chips at Taqueria Zamora

    No. 92, Free Beans and Chips at Taqueria Zamora

    If you're a Mexican restaurant in the United States, it's almost mandatory that you give customers complimentary chips and salsa--more so than, say, featuring a sleeping Mexican as a mascot. Some plac... More »

  • No. 15: Chilaquiles at Taqueria Zamora

    No. 15: Chilaquiles at Taqueria Zamora

    ?You'll have noticed we're changing who writes this feature on a day-by-day basis: this is how you know we're getting close to the end of our countdown. Make sure to pick up a copy of our Best of OC... More »

  • Brunch a Bunch Across OC!

    Brunch a Bunch Across OC!

    VIDEO: Click here to go behind the scenes of our cover photo shoot!See even more Remember that episode of The Simpsons in which Marge nearly has an affair with Jacques the French bowling instructor, and the lothario invites her to brunch, but... More »

  • Get Great Mexican-Style Panocha at Taqueria Zamora

    Get Great Mexican-Style Panocha at Taqueria Zamora

    Oh, the funny names we Latinos give to our meals. The above picture is what I know as a gordita de trigo, even though that name might throw off most people. This gordita isn't savory or even stuffed, ... More »

  • Home Cooking at Taqueria Zamora

    Home Cooking at Taqueria Zamora

    Thu, August 19, 2010

    There’s a certain type of Mexican restaurant that attracts an almost exclusively Mexican audience—not the much-debated “authentic” Mexican dive of so much petty blogger chatter and not even an amazing, undiscovered gem. I’m talking about the type... More »

  • 2011 | Best Mexican Restaurant

    There are Mexican restaurants, and then there's this standard, almost a template for all that is right about Mexican cuisine in the U.S.: grimy floors; televisions tuned to some soccer match--any soccer match--somewhere in the world; jukebox blasting regional music when there aren't tejana-wearing men going from table to table, ready to trill and strum accordions and guitars for requests; and the daily ritual of men selling DVDs and CDs. The platters speak the culinary lingua... More »

  • 2010 | Best Taco

    A taco is meant to be a quick snack; any bigger than your palm, and it's a burrito, right? Well, try telling that to Taquería Zamora, which produces perhaps the largest taco in the free world--wrapped in a wonderfully misshapen, freshly patted corn tortilla larger than your average flour version, thick and slightly crispy, and tasting of fresh masa. Atop it lie giant chunks of your choice of meat that have been nicely grilled yet are juicy. With tacos like this, who needs... More »

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