Chavez Supermarket & Taqueria

One of the safest places to buy burritos in Hayward!

Chavez Supermarket & Taqueria
1157 W. Tennyson Road

Hayward, CA

 

Armed with an expense account and ravenous appetite, I bolted over here once I checked into my Union City hotel.  Why?  Carne asada.

To tell you the truth, my heart sank once I stepped inside the market and saw a heavily armed guard at the door.  Yikes!  Have I risked my life for meat?  AGAIN?  I crossed my fingers and walked into the taqueria.

EVERYTHING looked delicious.  I am a sucker for fish tacos and anything seafood, so when I saw another customer with a HUGE margarita-glass-looking-thingie full of ceviche, I almost caved.  I'm glad I didn't.

I ordered the carne asada burrito, was instantly upsold to the super burrito (sucker), and took a seat at a table behind the ceviche dude.

In a word?  AMAZING.  The steak was perfectly grilled, with crispy charred bits that added great flavor, texture and crunch.  Perfect proportions of rice, cheese, pico de gallo, salsa, sour cream and guacamole were skillfully layer into an expertly steam flour tortilla.

I intended to only eat half...really I did!!  But I remembered the Hip Hop Abs DVD I brought in my suitcase and figured "what the hell". You only live once, right?

Muy bueno, Chavez, muy bueno...