It's a little bit hard to find - down a driveway in a residential neighborhood - though worth the…read moreeffort! Delicious food & people - like eating in your chef friend's nice backyard. I had a birria quesadilla & left happy & very full! ;)

Located in a neighborhood off Meekland, it's a little unsuspecting with a sign you can almost miss…read morepointing down a long driveway. What drew us here were the 5-star reviews on Yelp and a very sunny Sunday afternoon perfect for an outdoor meal. We came here around 2:30pm on a nice Sunday and we were the only ones there for a bit, but looked like they had a couple to-go orders picked up. They were all very friendly! We got a birria plate and quesabirrias which came with all the fixins. The quesabirrias were FILLED plump with meat and cheese with a perfectly crispy cheesey exterior made from fresh tortillas. The consomme was perfect and flavorful and the salsas were nice a spicy! My husband and I were way too full to finish our food, but I'm already excited for my leftovers!

Tacos y Carnitas El Garanon is a food stand that's here on the weekends from ? to 2-3ish. look for…read morea a big red tent. they grilled the proteins on site. there are tables set up to eat on site. no menus nor signage seen. all associates were wearing aprons with the name "Tacos y Canitas El Garanon" on it. offerings: Tacos, Carnitas, Tortas, Quesadillas, Mulitas. eats: Barbacoa/Carnitas tacos @3.50, unknown if other proteins offered... -corn tortillas grilled on site. proteins grilled to order-tasted semi-tender, juicy. -various salsas are on table for self servicing. -garnished with chopped onions, cilantro, lime squeeze. 4.5 stars for the uniqueness of freshly made mexican eats. located a block from hesperian blvd. near a former liquor store. on the edge of a parking lot.

Ruben's Hibachi is a popular food stand parked a block away from Chase & Wells Fargo bank. Street…read moreparking only. Look for the white cabless caboose at Paseo Grande & Via Arriba. Parked behind white truck. Greeted courteously, promptly when I approached window. Took their recommendation for shrimp, N.Y. Steak. Breast meat combo. Payment options: cash. Zelle, Apple Pay. One table for dining. Super Bowl Sunday was a slow day here. Many vendors didn't show or closed early. Cooked to order in 10 minutes Offerings: drinks, combination plates. Diablo noodles, sides. Bites: shrimp, NY steak, chicken breast plate (31+tax) -came with Yum Yum sauce ( creamy mayoish), Ginger sauce (soy, ginger...) dipped with all proteins. -7 large crunchy juicy shrimps. Deliz. -many small pieces medium rare steaks: juicy, tender, no gristle. Juices mixed with fried rice was so tasty. -chicken breast pieces also tender. A little dry. Juices made it good. -left grilled veggies (onion, carrots. Cucumber) for snack later. Too full. Veggies deliz. -comped a can of coke. Learned Ruben worked 30 years at Benihana & Hana Japan. Recipes the same. Family operated food stand. 5 stars worthy! Quantity: plenty. Quality: excellent. Fresh. Cooked to order.

Ruben's Hibachi was very delicious. I ordered NY steak & Filet Mignion med rare, cook perfect, also…read morecame either rice &Veggies. This was plenty for my wife &I. This tasted better than the one in restaurants and cheaper. The employees were very nice and worked well together. I don't think I waited more than7-10 minutes. Will be back soon

Omg this place is amazing! It's a family-owned business. This week was their second week at the…read moreCastro Valley Farmers Market. Last week, they sold out by noon, so this week, I made sure that I got there early. There were plenty of options at around 10:30 a.m. The team is so nice and friendly. Their system is highly efficient, and there are just the right amount of cooks in the kitchen. The cashier was so sweet. He remembered my family from last week even though I came without them this week. Support this business, and they will not disappoint. They have crispy pork, tofu, and chicken banh mi. They also sell Vietnamese coffee, which I will have to try next time. The large banh mi is $15, and a small is $10. Come support this business so they blow up, and I can get a good sandwich any day of the week at a brick and mortar location

I had the pleasure of trying the 5-spice chicken banh mi from this stand at the Castro Valley…read moreFarmers Market, and it was fantastic! The food was incredibly fresh, and the bun was just perfect--crispy on the outside and soft inside, just like the ones in Little Saigon in San Jose. I'm so excited to have something like this nearby! The business is family-run, and you can really feel the warmth and care they put into their food and service. The coffee is out of this world--so delicious and definitely a must-try! The pickles in the banh mi were flavorful and balanced everything perfectly. Service was friendly, quick, and welcoming. I can't wait to come back next week and wish them all the success they deserve! There are picnic tables for folks to enjoy their banh mi nearby to enjoy farmers market vibe.

La Tortilla is a food stand that appears weekends in a vacant parking lot that once hosted the San…read moreLorenzo Farmers Market. it's at a corner location across from a long vacated liquor store. it's not noticeable for afar. only a black covered griller and a sign on the corner is visible upon closer inspection. offerings: mexican "bbq" chicken, spareribs marinated and grilled slowly over charcoal. this is the lst griller l've seen that is covered, not susceptible to overhead contamination. eats: whole chicken chopped (15) -not as juicy as i wanted but not as dry as previous chickens. much bigger, juicier than others i've tasted. -had 3 house made salsas that were phenom: a green (looking like quac but not), a red sweet chili one, and a red spicy one. - -there were few chickens in the "cooked" basket. there's always an option to wait for chickens/spareribs to cook to perfection. 4.5 stars, best "bbq" chicken eaten so far, fab value,

I was really dissapointed .... I stopped by at 3pm on a Saturday and purchased a whole chicken for…read more$15 and half slab of ribs for $10. They cook these over charcoal and the chicken is spatchcocked. (split in half) I was expecting for them to pull chicken off the grill but instead, they pulled them from a cooler. Evidently they cook them up and chop up into the strangest sized pieces and throw in coolers. I had no idea what we were eating. The half rack of ribs was all the gristel and cartilage cut off the ends. I received no bones and very little meat connected to the cartilage. So now they don't have anything to feed their dogs.

this fresh fruit stand is at the driveway nearby Asia Delight Chinese restaurant. to the left is a…read morestrip mall that has a sushi, a middle east market, pho, a bar, chinese bbq, pupusas, subway, boba drinks. the food stand has no singage, just offers 2 kinds of fresh fruit, 32 oz or a tray. fruits: cucumbers, waterlemon, cantaloupe, pineapple, toppings: salt, chili flakes or lime juice. eats: cup of fruits with lime juice sans cucumbers (7) -overall it was a good value. fruits weren't cold enough, maybe the heat overwhelmed his colding capacity? some fruits were hard not watery like the watermelon. take outs: -lots of parking

Cruising down Hesperian, my face was dripping with sweat and my eyes were scanning for a reprieve…read more The fruit cart oasis appeared: one machete amongst kaleidoscope of fruit. I made a quick right, pulled in to the Chase parking lot, and stepped up to the line. $8 standard fruit cup: Papaya, Coconut, Watermelon, Jicama, Cucumber, Mango, Cantaloupe, Pineapple, and more. He chops it up fresh in front of you, piles it into the cup, squeeze half a lime worth of juice, and sprinkle Taijin powder and Chamoy. I saw there were also a clamshell container option but I did not look too closely as I ran to the cover of my car to eat my tasty gems. Great fruit, smiling service, and affordable price to combat the sweaty summer and looming fire season.

this Mexican snack stand has it's colorful shade covering up. it's in the parking lot of a western…read morewear parking lot. no posted menu seen. offerings: fried snacks, fruit cups, corn nibbets, some kind of snack that are in the plastic jars that goes over crushed ice. eats: fruit cup (7) -very fresh chucks of cucumber, watermelon, cantaloupe, mango flavored with lime and salt. tasty, refreshing. 4.5 stars.

Soledad Tamales is a traveling food cart that's part of the Oxaxan Tamale Group in Oaktown. they…read morewere out of tamales, etc. by the time i got here. it's was nearby Melon Crush in Bayfair Farmers Market on satirdays offerings: tamales (3.50) premade -chicken -pork -jalepeno with queso(cheese) -guatamalan -oaxacan -strawberry no seating avilable, farmers market bigger than before, not in front as before, it's in the rear nearby the theatres.

I love African food. The spices are rich and it's always so savory. My favorite item here is the…read moremeat pie. It has a nice crust that is pretty buttery. The inside is filled with luscious meat. I always have lots of questions when I order at this joint, and they are always so patient with them. The ambience is that of a nice little food stand in urban Africa. Love it!

OUTSTANDING! The…read morefeeling is best described as when you wished you had visited before. Currently, I am grieving all the visits I didn't made. I had the pleasure of trying their food on an event a Thursday afternoon. By Friday, I was telling everyone they needed to visit, the plantains cooked to perfection. The spices, the flavor, the richness. Run don't walk.