La Victoria Taqueria's fluorescent-orange tomatillo salsa, made to a recipe unchanged since the 1960s, defines a San Jose street food tradition unique to this restaurant.
La Victoria Taqueria opened on San Carlos Street in Downtown San Jose and became famous for a proprietary orange-coloured tomatillo and chile sauce that customers now drench over everything on the menu. The sauce, sometimes called salsa naranja, is bottled and sold at the counter and shipped to former San Jose residents across the country. It became the defining condiment of San Jose's Mexican food scene, referenced by locals as a marker of genuine SJ identity. The taqueria's late hours, serving until 03:00, made it the default post-bar stop for Downtown nightlife.
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