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Taqueria Los Altos has been a go-to taqueria for over fifteen years, as it features delicious, truly authentic Mexican cuisine, served by friendly staff, and a convenient location in a small strip mall, in west Roseville, CA. As an added bonus, menudo is served on weekends. You have to love this fine restaurant! As with all of reviews of restaurants that I publish, I have no affiliation with the restaurant reviewed, and there is no monetary gain on my part, as I am simply a person who likes to eat, and I love to write-up, and publish my dining experiences.
Photo: It's a little before 10:00 in the morning, Saturday, February 22, 2025, and I've arrived at Taqueria Los Altos, located in Roseville, CA for a delicious early lunch. This fine restaurant has been offering superior northern Mexican cuisine to the west Roseville, CA community for over fifteen years, after taking over from Taco Del Mar, back in 2009. I'm taking a wild guess that the restaurant took the name, English translation, "Taqueria of the Heights," because they serve the cuisine of northern Mexico.
Photo: As you enter the restaurant, you'll notice the order counter, the kitchen, the soft drink machine and the salsa bar on the left, with the dining room on the right. The dining room is long and narrow, and furnished with small booths, table, and one large, high round table. There are a couple of small bench tables near the front widows where I sat. Like most taquerias, you walk into the restaurant, make your selection from the overhead menu, pay for it, then seat yourself at any available table or booth. When your order is ready, it will be brought to you by one of the friendly chefs who prepared your order. I'm going to take a guess if the restaurant is busy, you'll most likely receive a number. No worries for me on this mid-Saturday morning, as there were only a handful of diners in the dining room, as most orders seemed to be takeout.
Photo: The menu is posted above the order counter and lists all your favorites.
Photo: Julie was working the cash register, taking orders and relaying them to the kitchen. The large drink cooler is located behind her station, where she got my Pacifico beer after I placed my order.
Photo: The salsa bar features medium and mild salsa, along with lime quarters, pickled veggies, chopped white onions and diced fresh cilantro. There are little cups where you help yourself, and you're welcome to take a cup or two home with you, especially if you ordered a to-go meal.
Photo: Fresh from the kitchen corn tortilla chips are located at the far end of the counter, as there isn't room in front. The counter, along with the restaurant is quite compact. Chips are kept hot under a light.
Photo: Javier, today's talented chef, fries corn tortillas on the griddle. The kitchen is open and in plain view from the dining room, so you can watch the staff prepare your meal.
Photo: A lady sitting near to me ordered a bowl of menudo, and she asked me if I'd like to take a photo. You bet!
Photo: Meet Javier, the talented and friendly chef, who brought my plate of tacos to me with a smile. Javier is a man of few words, but he has talent in the kitchen and is as friendly as can be.
Photo: I'm a happy guy, as I show off my plate of "Tacos de Tripas," along with my first trip to the chips and salsa bar endeavor. I toast Taqueria Los Altos, and the friendly chef Javier with a Pacifico beer. Cheers!
Photo: From the "Tacos" menu, I went with "Two Soft Tacos" and my choice of meat was tripas. Yes, "tripas" is beef tripe. I had already made my first trip to the chips and salsa bar when my lunch arrived, so I simply combined everything together and enjoyed! Just like in Mexico, the foundation of each taco was two smaller-size corn tortillas, toasted on the griddle, yet moist and tender. When I say "smaller size" corn tortillas, these tortillas were much larger than the small "street taco" size corn tortillas that you'll encounter from street vendors. The corn tortillas were earthy-tasting, and held each taco together well. The tripas, small beef intestines, was seasoned, marinated and cut into small pieces, and perfectly fried on the griddle to a crispy, golden brown on the outside, juicy and tender inside, by the talented chef. The tripas were chewy, which is the way they're supposed to be, and were simply delicious, and melt-in-your-mouth tender and juicy. A generous amount of the delicious tripas was placed on each taco, and garnished with red, in-house made salsa, diced white onion and diced, fresh cilantro. Oh yes! With these simple garnishes, the tacos were EXACTLY the way tacos de tripas are served in Mexico. One bite into my first taco and I was instantly transported to the streets of Mexicali, Mexico, where I've enjoyed countless tacos de tripas. The taste was heavenly, earthy and authentic, as the way it is with a delicious taco, filled with grilled tripas. The red salsa held it all together, and the onion and cilantro added a cooling side, along with a organic taste sensation. Truly delicious tacos!
Photo: After talking my first bite, I hold my taco, to admire all of the goodness inside. The tripas, salsa, onion and cilantro were perfectly blended together, so I was rewarded with all the goodness with each bite. You won't find many restaurants in Placer County, and west Roseville that serve "Tacos de Tripas," so to get your fix, you'll truly want to head over to Taqueria Los Altos. You'll savor authentic northern Mexican cuisine, exactly as it's prepared in every city, town and village, in northern Mexico and the state of Baja California. The food is delicious, the staff is friendly, and the dining is comfortable. Visit Taqueria Los Altos, located in Roseville, CA for delicious Mexican cuisine, every day of the week! Let's go back to Sunday, February 12, 2012, when I enjoyed a previous visit, and feasted on a bowl of birria, and all the fixin's ... I truly am found of Mexican cuisine, as I've traveled extensively all over northern Mexico, eaten everywhere and everything and I eat Mexican food at home practically every day. In fact, if I had to ponder my "favorite" food, I'd probably have to say ”MEXICAN!, although hot dogs and hamburgers would be strong contenders. Anyway, when I come across a great Mexican restaurant, I can hardly contain myself, and I after my last visit to Taquerķa Los Altos, I left the restaurant, shouting for joy! Yeah! The food is that good... Photo: Taquerķa Los Altos is located in a small shopping center at Foothills and Vineyard, and offers patio dining in front of the restaurant, but on this Sunday morning, February 12, 2012, there weren't any takers to dine outdoors, as the weather was chilly and foggy. Photo: Customers ponder their choices, as the friendly counter girl waits to take their order. Like most taquerias in the area, Taquerķa Los Altos has their menu posted above the counter, where you place your order and pay for it. When it's ready, one of the friendly staff will bring your order to your table. They do a brisk take-out business, and offer a printed menu that you can take home with you, and place your order in advance, via telephone. Photo: I'm at the rear of the restaurant looking toward the dining room, such that it is, the order counter, and the kitchen. Armando and two other folks are working in the restaurant on this Sunday morning. Photo: The kitchen is plainly visible from the order counter, including bins of fresh condiments, as seen in the lower right corner of this photo. Note the tortillas being heated on the griddle as this photo is taken... Photo: Friendly Armando, working the counter, was happy to take my order, and grab me another cold Pacifico beer from the cooler behind him. And another beer... another beer... Pacifico beer rules! Pick your choice of language, as both Spanish and English are freely spoken in this wonderful restaurant. Photo: The well-equipped salsa bar at the far end of the counter. Curiously, the chips are located 30 feet away, at the opposite end of the counter. I'm sure its due to space limitations, but whatever the reason, the salsa is fresh, and it's delicious, and it's made in-house, according to Armando, and I have no reason not to believe him, as the salsa is great! I enjoyed the salsa cruda, on the right, but especially the smoky salsa roja, in the center of the photo, as I'm a sucker for anything smoky. Photo: Taquerķa Los Altos offers many dining options, including this raised table, looking out the front window, and favoring a view of the parking lot. You know what? This works for me, as I chose this table for one... Photo: Armando was very gracious to take my photo, as I'm seated at the small table, near the front of the restaurant, with my order of birria, and a cold Pacifico beer in-hand. Photo: Today's breakfast of corn tortillas, birria, refried beans, rice, tortilla chips, and salsa cruda and salsa roja. Oh yes, a Pacifico beer or two is in the offering. What a delicious breakfast!!! Taquerķa Los Altos serves birria and menudo on weekends, but their taco meat selection is to-die-for, as besides the usual, they offer longaniza, cabeza, sesos, tripas, buches, lengua, and much more. Actually, they offer the widest array of taco meat that I've seen in any Mexican restaurant in Roseville, and it's all just like you'd find in Mexico. As a side note, birria is served every day of the week! Here's a bit of history... before Taqueria Los Altos took over, this store housed Taco Del Mar, which specialized in... you guessed it... fish tacos. Click on this link to enjoy the cuisine with us, back on Monday, September 10, 2007.
Photo: Saturday, February 16, 2013, I enjoyed a lunch of two tacos de carne asada, chips, salsa, and a couple of Pacifico beers. Muy sabroso!
Photo: Friday, April 27, 2012 and I enjoy a couple of fish tacos, chips, salsa and Pacifco beer.
Photo: Saturday, March 02, 2013... tacos de tripas, chips and Pacifco beer. Life is good! Where else in Roseville can you get fried tacos de tripas? No, not tripe, but small beef intestines, fried on the griddle, placed on two corn tortillas, and garnished with fresh, in-house made salsa. Am I in Roseville or Mexicali? If you're interested in the "real deal" of Mexican food in Roseville, look no further than Taquerķa Los Altos. Taquerķa
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