Sr. Cliff's Texas Style Burritos

This spot will have you coming back,the portions and flavor is top notch

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Must try Breakfast Burrito Fire

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For me, there is no more interesting "regional" taco in Los Angeles than the "black taco," a type of taco that has been invented and evolved over the past 40+ years in black neighborhoods located within the urban sprawl beginning in South Central Los Angeles and ending in Compton. Black tacos have their own unique distinctive style, look, taste, and nomenclature, yet are not found outside of this micro-region.Don't get me wrong, there are different varieties of black tacos, but the basics are a tortilla (usually a white corn tortilla, but flour can be used as well) filled with ground beef or turkey, lots of shredded yellow cheese, lettuce, diced tomatoes, and either sour cream or some kind of sweet barbecue-like "sauce" or both. There are no onions or cilantro in a typical black taco. Sr. Cliff's "Turkey Taco" is what I just described, with seasoned clumps of ground turkey that are grilled until they're browned and deposited into a soft corn tortilla with tomatoes, cheese, lettuce, and sour cream.Sr. Cliff's can also serve their tacos with onions and cilantro on double corn tortillas, eschewing all of the other toppings. They call this "Mexican-style." I ordered a "Ground Beef Taco" of this variety, and it was exactly what you would expect it to be, though the grilling technique that Sr. Cliff's cooks use for their ground meats imparts plenty of flavor due to the thick browning picked up through the process. Nonetheless, these are not much more than the kind of tacos that have made billions of dollars over the past 80 years for General Mills' "Old El Paso" brand.However, the combination of soul food and Mexican food on the menus of black-owned restaurants continues to evolve black tacos in South L.A. and Compton. These neighborhoods, once predominantly black, have become more racially mixed over the past few decades, with Compton now being the home to more Latinos than any other race. As Hispanics migrated into these neighborhoods, restaurants previously only serving blacks wisely began offering Mexican dishes on their menu. For example, Sr. Cliff's offers menudo and pozole.The next step, of course, was integration between both sides of the menu. The "Soul Man Taco" served at Sr. Cliff's uses pastrami in addition to ground beef for its meat, and has similar toppings to their regular black taco, but it also comes with a legit salsa roja on the side that wouldn't be out of place in a Boyle Heights taqueria. The woman who served it to me was a Latina, as were the cooks in Sr. Cliff's kitchen. Indeed, Sr. Cliff's "Soul Man Taco" veers towards an intriguing direction for black tacos, using and combining ingredients that one wouldn't think to combine in a taco, but make sense due to local culture.Having been in operation since 1975, owned and run by Cliff Williams the entire time, this is a historic restaurant that prides itself in serving "real food for real people," and has evolved with the times. Sr. Cliff's may not have invented the black taco, nor do they make the best black taco in L.A., but this is probably the best restaurant to go to for understanding what black tacos are, and how they have become essential eats in the communities they can be found in. More...

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Great place and deals..

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I just want to say Cliff’s is amazing’ and I’m so honored to know a place’ Cliffs help me with everything that I want it and I recommend everybody to come out of town just for this place. The wait time is not long and The customer service is amazing More...

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Really good

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Livebut

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Good food and great customer service

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Very good Made me feel like family

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The food is real good man come in for 5 years now

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They have the biggest and best burritos that I have come across in my 33 years on this Earth.

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Greay food greater prices

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The food is good .. plain and simple .. you may have to wait a little longer but hey, the only thing I can say is. " You should've cooked something for that good for nothing man you got" lol

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Good burritos at good price, best in town

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Great taste. And prizes

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The food here is awesome picked up to two chicken burritos in an all meat burrito I believe they were the king-size version I have enough to eat for three more days the place as nice the employees are beautiful nice parking I had a blast always be back thank you guys

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This is the what they call their baby which is about three to four lb in about 12 inches long

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Good food good service

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Holy moly guacamole! I have underestimated Compton eateries for too long. I stopped in their spacious parking lot to make a phone call for 5 minutes meanwhile checking out the menu in my rearview mirror then drove away. I drove to my cousin's house who lives 2 miles away, picked her up and drove directly back here. Ordered the biggest burrito I've ever seen, and that was only the 2nd biggest, there were 2 sizes bigger! After that every bite was bliss. Compton in the house! More...

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Food is great

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Carne asada tacos were right on point

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Hole in the wall type spot. But new looks good. Breakfast  burrito had the right touch of ham and bacon. Red sauce  gave it a lil kick.

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Great burritos and it’s black owned .

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Best damn burrito in Compton hands down I was even short some change but he made it happened with a free coke ... #blackbussiness..

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Good food

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Good food decent price!

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Need to paint the place.

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Love this place

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The best burritos, tacos, and carne asada nacho.

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The food is really good and great service

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Love thier soulman burrito

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Great place to eat. Plenty of parking

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Good stuff

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I really like it

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Personally know the owner cliff is a family run business.

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Excellent

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It was my first time eating at Sir Cliff's.. I decided I wanted to try the Soul Man Burrito. OMG it was so delicious. If you want an excellent burrito go to Sir Cliff's you won't be disappointed.

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For the best taste of Compton Sr. Cliff's is the place to be.

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Food is excellent

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Ok so I was on another Burrito Mission and for those of you who know me a great burrito is my passion. So yesterday while trying to please the entire household. .. 1 kid wanted Subway (I don't like) the other kid wanted Popeyes ( I don't like). So luckily where I live I'm kinda central to everything. So I've been hearing about this place so I take a chance and use my best friend.. YELP to see how far it was.... only 20 minutes. Well what the hell I have no where to go. OMG the burrito is huge and it's really good. Now it's definitely a to go joint or just sit in car but you will not be able to finish it. The staff was really nice and patient because I had questions and not expensive all. The next time I movie hop this place will be my first stop because it will last the entire day while I watch 3 movies. More...

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The burrito is literally 36 inches.Also, all of the other food we ordered was amazing. Cliff and his wife's hospitality while we were eating was better than some 5 star restaurants I've been to. Next time I'm in Compton or anywhere even close I will have to be back! More...

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Great food great service!! My favor spot since 1994

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Try the asada breakfast burrito!!! The lady that works their is very nice i asked her for recommendations and this burrito was very good!!!

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Great burritos. I ordered a small one and ate it for two days.

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Not what I expected. Food was the way it should be made because of area

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