Baja Fresh

This location is closed now!

Excellent fresh healthy fast food

CLOSED!
Just so you know… it closed early January 2010. The Counter is opening up… supposedly in like two months.

Ten dollars for two tacos. Really, Baja Fresh? I mean, wow. There was nothing special about this location one way or the other… just your basic Baja Fresh, no better no worse.
Pretty sure that you have to pay to park, but somehow tonight I managed to park and then leave without the attendant paying attention to me… but he was there, I just didn’t see him until I was preparing to leave. Whoops.
Should’ve hit In ‘N Out Burger instead. Half the price and better.

Baja Fresh is the ideal, «upscale» fast food place to blitz when you’re tremendously hungry, with vulnerable standards — and not terribly picky about spending your money wisely — but also not so rushed that you want to go the Burger King route through life.
So, it’s like the place you go when you’ve got time on your hands but are starving, and don’t care what you eat (the classic post-​breakup realization that you haven’t eaten in two days), so long as it keeps you alive — or, in Baja Fresh’s case, STUFFED.
Borderline sit-​down restaurant prices breed with a menu one or two steps removed from Del Taco at Baja Fresh (in the ‘hood, we just call it «The Besh»). The presentation is often attractive and appetizing, unfortunately most of the food has a greasy, somewhat bland personality (wow, have I heard that one before), helped only somewhat by their self-​serve, El Pollo-​esque sauce counter.
The Sunset Boulevard WeHoStroll location has a roomy interior that is neither super clean nor super dirty, but at least it isn’t Kentucky Fried Chaos and Catastrophe.
Your best bet is to take your fifty pound burrito out on the veranda outside to sit and eat in the sun. Think about the mistakes you’ve made in life, and your successes. Stare at the long line at the Griddle Café diagonally across the street.
«I should have eaten there…»
Vagrants can hit you up for change (fortunately, the transients at the Baja Fresh/​Coffee Bean junction appreciate your leftover chicken quesadillas), wannabe actors can give you dagger-​eyes, and you can watch unsafe lane changes on Sunset at the intersection of Fairfax.
I’ll chalk that up on my «successes» list.
My skinny jeans when eating a lot of FAT shrimp tacos?
Not so much…
(PS — just kidding about «The Besh» thing. Can you IMAGINE?!?)

Yuck. Dirty. Greasy.
Yes I know Mexican food is greasy but this was disgusting… like pools of oil dripping everywhere out of my food.
Never again.

Like Tristan… not a HUGE fan of Baja… all their stuff tends to taste the same to me. BUT… so does In N’ Out Burger and I still crave them every once in awhile!
Great place to chill outside at… just like it’s neighbor, Coffee Bean. Always a people-​watching hot spot on a sunny day…
Highly recommend:
Grilled Vegetarian Burrito
Baja Chicken Burrito
The Kid’s Quesadilla… two slices plus rice and beans… cheaper and complete meal that won’t make you ill!
…anything «Wet»…they smother the burrito and chips with red sauce and cheese and stick it under the broiler for a second. DE-​lish.
Ask for extra chips… they’ll give ‘em to ya! Also, in terms of salsa… the dark one is the same sauce that’s on the Baja Burrito… good stuff. You can fill up a container of the mild green Verde salsa and add a splash of the HOT to it for a yummy taste that’s a tad different.

I’m not a big fan of this place but its a change from all the other places around the area. I can’t get enough of the chicken tostada! Beans, chicken, salad, tomato’s, in a crispy shell. I almost have all the food groups in one dish!
Walking to this place from my work is almost the equivalent of a war zone. You have to dodge flying cars that don’t know how to look for pedestrians when making a right, cars running red lights, cars blocking the intersection, homeless people harassing you, jumping through the crocodiles mouth and running to avoid the huge rolling rock! It’s very Indiana Jones!
The best time to go is after the lunch rush or you can kiss meeting your deadlines goodbye. The wait can be any where from 10 – 20 minutes. But it’s better than Crack in the Box!