El Torero
222 E 3rd St
Corona, CA 92879
(951) 737-2738
Growing up, my mom was a very simple cook. She had an arsenal of approximately 12-15 meals and we re-hashed them over and over again. For some reason (probably because we didn't have the money), we didn't have too many fresh vegetables. In fact, I thought fresh vegetables were shaped like a Del Monte can. (side note: kids hate vegetables because canned vegetables are horrible. My mom either drenched our vegetables in bacon and onions - green beans - or she covered our carrots in brown sugar, which just happens to be another popular way to get kids to eat vegetables). Spicy food in my house meant that we put a lot of salt on everything. My food experiences were very limited growing up. I grew up in Redlands, CA, a college town approx. 60 miles east of Los Angeles. We had two Mexican restaurants, Cuca's and Rosa Maria's. We loved those places, in fact, we wore them out. We would go there all the time.
When I moved to Corona, I very quickly tried to find a place that would satisfy my need for Mexican food. I found a great place, El Torero on 3rd St. The home of the burrelleno. It is located behind Del Taco off the corner of Main St and 3rd St (basically just south of the 91 FWY on 3rd St). Back in the day when I was fat (like last year, hahaha) I used to get a chicken taco and a meat potato and cheese burrito. They use chile verde pork as the meat, and it is amazing!!! Their hot sauce is delicious.
They are known for their "world" famous burrelleno. I have not ordered this but they told me that it is very popular. Basically it is a burrito with an entire chile relleno inside of it. They have added breakfast burritos and other breakfast foods since the restaurant changed ownership in 2008. They have taco tuesday and special most days of the week.
Ironically, when I go back to Redlands, Cuca's and Rosa's can not compare to the restaurants I have found in Corona.
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