REVIEW: Chronic Tacos, Newport Beach

[Das Ubergeek]

Potato tacos. Get hot salsa with them. $1.09 each. See if they'll add cheese for you before they fry them.

Shrimp tacos. Get cabbage, sour cream and hot salsa, guacamole if you want, and ask them to deep-fry the shrimp. Ignore the $3.49 price tag -- it is so big it might as well be a burrito.

Carne asada burrito. Get it stuffed full and you'll have enough for three days for $5.

Noplace to sit (in the Newport Beach one). In Huntington Beach you can sit and enjoy the band and surf sticker decor if you like... or you can be ghetto and hunch over your food in your car. There are a dozen or so branches, all (I think) in OC.

No, it's not "real" Mexican food. La Huasteca has nothing to fear. But seriously, go get the potato tacos. Now.

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Chronic Tacos Newport Beach
4533 W Coast Hwy, Newport Beach, CA 92663

Chronic Tacos Huntington Beach
328 11th St, Huntington Beach, CA 92648

[Eat_Nopal]

I am curious how their potato tacos differ from potato tacos in Mexico?

[Das Ubergeek]

No idea. I've never eaten a potato taco in Mexico. But I really like the potato tacos at Chronic Taco. (Other potato taco worthiness: El Taco Nazo in Guada-La Habra)

[tatertotsrock]

Wow,
forgot all about this place.
A year ago, 4th of July Weekend, we ended up there on our way down to Rosarito...just pulled off the road to get gas, realized we were hungry and need to coat our bellies before the rot-gut margaritas made their way to our bellies...walked in to a Subway-left...it smelled sooo bad and no AC.
Saw a big banner for a Grand Opening of Chronic Tacos (silly us, we had no clue about "chronic" since our drug of choice requires a glass, cork, or a sugar cube) headed over and it was AWESOME!!! Huge burritos, grea guac and salsa and the people were super friendly.
Only ate 1/2 the burrito...it traveled well, tasted great at 3am after too much beer/margaritas...always think I'll get to another sometime but I always head south to kayak at 5am so no place is open.
Oh, the tortillas were perfect, even at 3am, after sitting in a truck in July in Rosarita.

[la tache burger]

I'd go for the name alone, and the potato tacos seem like the perfect specialty.

[tatertotsrock]

la tache burger,]
I Love your taste/revies of all things super-swanky-pants-places.
I have to say, I had no clue you'd be "slumming it" with some of us at a taco place.
You Rock!

[la tache burger]

'preciate that tater

[justagthing]

There is one in LB now on Ocean, near 2nd St.

[wanderinglady]

They're really expanding. I've noticed one in West Covina and one in Rancho Cucamonga (not sure if they're open yet).

Does anyone know if there's anything worth having other than the potato tacos?