With the World Surfing Championships coming to Kelly Slater’s Surf Ranch in September 2018, I will continue to showcase restaurants worth checking out in Lemoore, California.
And for those who are early morning people and are wanting delicious breakfast burritos, the newly opened Chicas is a restaurant worth checking out.
Opened in May 2018 by Sophia Vidaurri and her brother Larry, the restaurant has been a popular place to get breakfast burritos and other breakfast items.
I discovered the restaurant thanks to the Hanford and Lemoore Foodies Group on Facebook.
When I looked for the location, I realize it is located where a shop known as Medina’s was located. Back when I was going to college, I had visited Medina’s numerous times but I heard it closed down after 15 years in business. Medina’s also specialized in breakfast and lunch items, while Chicas focuses on breakfast items.
And the location is similar to restaurants I have visited in Tokyo, where there are no tables for eating, but it’s strictly a place to go and pick up your food (or call and pick up your food) and they have it all ready for you.
I heard that the location decided to open on Saturdays because of demand and judging from the line, there were a lot of people coming to get their Chicas fix and it made me want to check out the location and their breakfast burritos even more!
The location offers Basic Chics (which includes potatoes, eggs and meat) and your choice of chorizo, sausage, ham, bacon and lenguica (prices range from $5.50-$7.00).
For children and seniors, there is a Little Chic (a smaller burrito with a choice of meat, also eggs and potatoes) for $4.75.
There is a Veggie Chic (for $6.75) which has potatoes, eggs, veggies and jack cheese, but for those who are strict vegetarians, may want to request to not add the eggs or jack cheese. One can request a special tortilla for .50 cents more (spinach, wheat or tomato).
They offer a Saucy Chic for $8.75 which is a burrito which comes with potatoes, eggs, beans, cheese, your choice of meat with a spicy avocado sauce and sour cream.
A Country Chic for $8.50 which is a wet burrito with potatoes, eggs, sausage, jack cheese, smothered in sausage gravy.
A Messy Chic for $7.25 which includes potatoes, choice of meat and 3 juice eggs.
A Fat Boy for $9.25 which includes potatoes, eggs, cheese and choice of 3 meats.
One can also customize and add more sour cream, cheese, beans or jalapenos for an additional .50 cents more or spicy avocado sauce for .75 cents more.
The restaurant also serves Sweet Chic’s, with a strawberry croissant for $5.50 and a berry croissant for $.650.
And for senior citizens and military, they can request a discount.
We decided to go for the Basic Chic Lenguica and a sausage burrito.
For the most part, the breakfast burritos are good-sized. Nice and thick and will no doubt make you full. They are quite delicious, but next time, I’ll need to try the messy burrito which I have heard so many positive things about.
While the price of Chicas is a little more than other Mexican restaurants in the Kings County/California area. It’s still cheaper than other restaurants that served breakfast burritos in different parts of the world and priced less than burritos purchased in other cities throughout California.
Considering it’s a local restaurant near downtown, I have no problem with supporting local businesses, especially in a small town like Lemoore, California who are among the smaller towns that still believe in bringing business to its downtown area which are primarily family-owned operations.
As for Chicas, the restaurant has only been opened for little over a month and opened on Saturdays probably for the second time since opening. So, when they said there was demand, I was not surprised considering the line outside the door.
But the customer service was gracious. There were small kinks that are part of a start-up especially during a heavy rush but for the most part, how things were handled, was well-done and for the most part, I was quite pleased by my visit to the restaurant.
If anything, I would definitely call in your order in advance and know that with a new and popular restaurant, there will be a short line (which fortunately moves fast).
The establishment was also clean and the food preparation was well-done. So, I’m giving the location a thumbs up and I’ll definitely visit Chicas again.
For those traveling to Lemoore or for those curious about the location, Chicas opens M-F from 6am to 11:30 a.m. and Saturday at 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
