Oaxaca Fresh Mexican Grill

We stopped in Carpinteria on our way to Aptos, CA. Carpinteria is a very quiet beach town in May. Located south of Santa Barbara beach crowds should be filling this place up when summer starts. Maggie found Oaxaca Fresh next door to the ice cream shop I was looking for.

Place looked like a nice family run restaurant.

Chips were warm and crunchy with a light salt flavor. Pretty good.

I ordered a taco plate with rice and beans. I don’t normally get beans but these beans had a mild flavor that I liked. Rice was soft and moist with a light tomato flavor. Carne asada taco came with a flour tortilla with a mild flavor. Carne asada was tender with a delicious sweet and savory flavor. Carnitas taco had great tasting fried pork that wasn’t dry.

Our server was nice and they make some great tasting tacos here.

2nd visit.

Halibut fish taco was tender, juicy, and had a nice flavor.

Al pastor taco was well spiced and had a bit of heat.

The two taco plate made for a good lunch but wasn’t filling enough for dinner. My favorite was the carne asada with the carnitas a close second. Oaxaca Fresh Mexican Grill was a nice relaxing restaurant to visit in the off season.