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Avanti Cafe

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Also known as: Avanti Natural Cafe

Avanti Cafe is a vegetarian restaurant on 17th Street in Costa Mesa whose hard-shell taco, formed to order from fresh masa, was ranked among the great tacos of Orange County by OC Weekly.

Contents
  1. Overview
  2. Taco
  3. Reviews
  4. See also
  5. References

Overview

Avanti, also known as Avanti Natural Cafe, is a meatless restaurant rather than a taquería, but its taco has earned a place in Orange County taco writing. In 2011 Gustavo Arellano placed it sixth on OC Weekly's list of ten great tacos in the county.

Taco

Instead of using a factory-made shell, the kitchen shapes soft masa into a shell and fries it to order, producing a crisp, fresh-tasting casing. Arellano described it filled with potatoes, lettuce in a sesame dressing and red onions, finished with three hot sauces: a mango-habanero salsa, the Yemeni green chile paste zhug, and a chipotle-style red sauce. The mix of Mexican technique with Middle Eastern and other condiments reflects the eclectic vegetarian cooking of coastal Orange County.

Reviews

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See also

References

  1. "10 Great Tacos in Orange County". OC Weekly. Retrieved 2026-10-10.
Categories: Costa Mesa, California Taquerías Taquerías in California Taquerías in Costa Mesa Vegetarian restaurants in California