Daily Archives: June 28, 2021

Super La SuperRica

Julia Child, who lived in Santa Barbara’s Casa Dorinda in her later years, once mentioned La SuperRica on “Good Morning America” as her favorite taquería, and lines are still forming around the block today because of that.

SuperRica does not have fish tacos . . . but it has the best tacos– and the best tortillas — outside of Mexico, IMHO.

When I lived here, I came about once a week, usually in the middle of the afternoon to avoid the crowds. It’s where I took friends who came into town. Its tacos are the food of dreams. It would be my choice for my last meal on Earth. It was the only restaurant I went to in Santa Barbara on Road Trip 2021.

Drum roll, please . . .

SuperRica in Santa Barbara. Looks like a dump, doesn’t it? I took this photo before it opened. At peak lunch and dinner hours the line can stretch around the block.

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