Sal’s – 10 Essential Restaurant Dishes to Try in Fresno

10 ESSENTIAL RESTAURANT DISHES TO TRY IN FRESNO
How many have you had?

By Bethany Clough

The fancy burrito at Sal’s Mexican Restaurant. This burrito features beans and chili con carne in a large flour tortilla topped with more chili con carne and lots of melted jack cheese.

It’s a gooey, wet burrito that you eat with a fork. Sal’s Mexican Restaurant founder, Sal Salazar, invented it in the 1970s using his mother’s chile con carne recipe.

Bee readers voted it Fresno’s most famous dish in a poll a few years ago.

You can get it all three Sal’s locations: Fresno, Selma and Madera.

The fancy burrito with chile con carne is a popular favorite at Sal’s Mexican Restaurant.
ERIC PAUL ZAMORA