Nopalitos Southwestern Café

Mexican restaurant · East Sacramento

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"Fans of the Little Cactus Special will fight for its title as the best breakfast in Sacramento, That’s Nopalitos’ take on chilaquiles: a fluffy egg disk laced with the restaurant’s eponymous nopales, corn chips, corn kernels, and cheese, and topped with red or green salsa (get both) and sour cream. The Southwestern-adjacent menu that owners Rose and Dave Hanke created in 1992 is entirely unique to the area. Other must-try Nopalitos items are the tamale bowl (more like a creamy polenta bowl), the chicken tinga anything, and a hunk of moist coffee cake." - Becky Grunewald

Classic Sacramento Restaurants and Eateries to Try - Eater SF
Becky Grunewald

5530 H St, Sacramento, CA 95819 Get directions

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