"Roberto De La Torre migrated to the United State in 1979. He started to work at a Mexican food restaurant. After 7 years of hard work and sacrifice he went on to open his own restaurant with a dream and a goal of opening a fast food Mexican restaurant that would serve fresh high quality ingredients, good & fast service for this fast paced world of ours. So he opened his first restaurant in San Diego, California named Alibertos. It was open 24/7. His first day he went on to sell $1.68 a beef torta and a coke in 24 hours. Disappointed but still with will and power he didn’t give up. Second day he sold $30.00 and the third day $90.00. So with time he kept on selling more and more turning into a successful restaurant. Evolving into what is now ten Aliberto's restaurants still family owned and operated restaurants," according to the restaurant's website.
I stopped here for a quick meal while driving in the area. The menu features a number of combos and specialty items. I was especially excited to see the torta, because that's not something common on Tex-Mex restaurants' menus in West Virginia. It's essentially a Mexican sandwich, which, here, can contain any of the following: Beef, Chicken, Ham, Chorizo, Machaca, Carne Asada, Carnitas, Fish, Adobada, or Ground Beef. Machaca is a dried beef, which was savory and delicious.
The bread of my torta was a little extra done, and I could've done with less shredduce (shredded + lettuce). But the Machaca was an interesting flavor that kept me coming back.
Grade: B
