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El Pollo Norteño
Two ¼-Chicken Plates — $18.40
Flame-grilled chicken landmark on S Oxnard Blvd, going since 1982. The #1 plate — quarter chicken with beans, salsa and fresh tortillas — is $9.20, so two plates land at $18.40. The #5 combo adds ¼ tri-tip for $11.81, and the whole-chicken family meal (feeds 2–4) is $22.39 if you're flexible on the line.
📍 Oxnard, CA (1290 S Oxnard Blvd) · ⏳ Ongoing
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Toto's Grill
Manila Street-Food Skewers — $2 Each
Filipino ihaw-ihaw counter on Saviers Rd, on the historic Filipino south side of town. Pork BBQ, chicken BBQ, isaw, kwek-kwek, fish balls, lumpia and rice all run $1.95–$2 apiece — seven skewers plus two rice for two people is $18 flat. Order at the counter; delivery apps add about 20%. Open till 10pm nightly.
📍 Oxnard, CA (2530 Saviers Rd) · ⏳ Daily 11am–10pm
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El Taco De Mexico
Two Burritos — $19.90
Downtown 5th Street stalwart open 7am–10pm every single day. Burritos are $9.95 — two squeak under at $19.90 — and the three-potato-taco plate is $9.75, so two of those work too ($19.50). Five bean taquitos run $8 if you want to go even cheaper.
📍 Oxnard, CA (210 E 5th St) · ⏳ Daily 7am–10pm
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El 30 Mariscos
Two Ceviche Tostadas + Agua — $19.75
Big Sinaloa-style mariscos hall on N Ventura Rd. Fish-ceviche tostadas are $8.50 (shrimp curtido $8.99) and aguas frescas $2.75 — two tostadas plus a shared agua is $19.75. Full ceviches jump to $22+, so stay on the tostada route. Impersonator night Fridays and karaoke Saturdays, 8pm.
📍 Oxnard, CA (606 N Ventura Rd) · ⏳ Ongoing
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Fishermen's Catch
Fishermen's Tacos — Two for $18
Harbor-side seafood shack at Seabridge. The Fishermen's Taco is $9 — two for $18 — and the happy-hour board lists $15 fish & chips and two street tacos for $11 (HH times aren't posted online, so ask). The regular Alaskan-cod fish & chips is $19: one basket split clears the line, two doesn't.
📍 Oxnard, CA (Seabridge · 1185 S Victoria Ave) · ⏳ Daily 11am–8pm (Fri–Sat to 9)
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Harbor Mart
Cheeseburger + Hot Dog — $17.98
The deli counter at Channel Islands Harbor is the cheapest verified lunch on the water: cheeseburgers $10.99, hot dogs $6.99, veggie sandwich $7.99 — burger plus dog is $17.98, burger plus veggie $18.98. Lamb gyros are $12.99 if the boat came in. Deli closed Sundays.
📍 Oxnard, CA (Channel Islands Harbor) · ⏳ Deli Mon–Sat 10am–6:30pm
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Downtown Cafe by JL
$9.99 Value Menu — All Day
Award-winning diner in the old Fresh & Fabulous space on 5th Street. The "$9.99 value all day" menu is a dozen real plates — American breakfast, cheese omelette, biscuits & gravy with egg, French toast combo, even a cheeseburger with fries — so any two people eat for $19.98. Conchas at the register are $1.49.
📍 Oxnard, CA (221 W 5th St) · ⏳ Daily 7am–3pm
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Tacos el Diablo
Street Tacos + Quesabirria — $17.58
Downtown taqueria near Heritage Square with a strawberry-lemonade following. Street tacos come two for $6.74 and quesabirria two for $10.84 — one order of each feeds a pair for $17.58, or four street tacos plus a drink lands around $18.50. Six street tacos is $20.22 — 22 cents over, so build smart.
📍 Oxnard, CA (515 S C St) · ⏳ Mon–Sat 11am–9pm · Sun to 8pm
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Tacos Don Chente
Majado Burrito + 2 Tacos — $16.09
North Oxnard Blvd taqueria running to 10pm on weekends. The majado burrito is $8.99 and street tacos $3.55 — a burrito plus two tacos covers two people for $16.09. Skip the combo plates: at $19+ each they're built for one budget, not two.
📍 Oxnard, CA (2131 N Oxnard Blvd) · ⏳ Daily 9am–9pm (Fri–Sat to 10)
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Taqueria Cuernavaca
3 Sopes + 2 Street Tacos — $19.19
The Oxnard branch on Ventura Blvd (don't confuse it with the Ventura Ave location — that's the next city over). Street tacos are $3.60, potato and mushroom veggie tacos $3.99, and the three-sope plate $11.99 — sopes plus two tacos feeds two for $19.19. Five street tacos is $18 even.
📍 Oxnard, CA (1801 Ventura Blvd A) · ⏳ Daily 10am–8pm
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House of Tacos Grill
The Oxnard Taco — Blue-Corn Original
Home of the Oxnard Taco: grilled meat, melted cheese and Anaheim chile on a made-to-order blue-corn tortilla, $6.45. Two of those plus a $3.65 street taco is $16.55, or share the three-quesabirria plate with rice and beans for $17.95. Six street tacos runs $21.90 — the mixed build is the move.
📍 Oxnard, CA (1045 S Patterson Rd) · ⏳ Daily 11am–9pm
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Otani's Fish Market
Since 1908 — All-Ages Pair $18.47
Six generations of the same family have run this fish market-restaurant since 1908. Two adult fish & chips runs $27.96 — over the line — but the kids menu is open to ALL ages: red-snapper Fish Bites & Fries $10.98 plus the Octodog & Fries $7.49 is $18.47. Thursdays, kids genuinely eat free (the "JerBear Special") with an entrée and drink.
📍 Oxnard, CA (608 S A St) · ⏳ Tue–Wed 11–3 · Thu–Fri 11–7 · Sat–Sun 11:30–6:30
Oxnard’s cheap-eats listicles needed a hard scrub, so we priced the usual suspects against their own menus in July 2026. The famous ones run over: Mrs. Olson’s Coffee Hut’s cheapest real pair is $26, Hollywood Beach Cafe’s two cheapest breakfasts hit $24 (plus a 2% service charge), Sea Fresh’s taco-and-chowder route is $21.50, and La Vero’s prices like a sit-down mariscos house — four tacos are $35. The “6 street tacos under $20” myth is dead city-wide too: verified tacos now run $3.37–$3.65, so a straight 6-taco order lands at $20.22–$21.90 everywhere — that’s why the cards above use mixed builds. And clean out the older lists: Snapper Jack’s has no Oxnard store (those listings are aggregator ghosts — the real ones are in Ventura, Camarillo and Thousand Oaks), Red Ribbon on Rose Ave closed in May 2026 even though its own locator page still answers, and Fresh & Fabulous is gone — though its old 5th Street space is now Downtown Cafe by JL, which made the list above. Every deal on this page was read off the restaurant’s own menu instead.
Checked against each chain’s own locator: Oxnard has three Taco Bells, two Del Tacos and three Domino’s. (In-N-Out has two stores here too, but it only publishes prices in its app.)
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Taco Bell
Two $7 Luxe Cravings Boxes — $14
Each $7 Luxe Cravings Box packs a Chalupa Supreme, Beefy 5-Layer Burrito, Double Stacked Taco, chips with nacho cheese, and a medium drink — $14 total for two. Three Oxnard stores per the chain's own locator; pricing and participation vary by store.
📍 Oxnard, CA · ⏳ Ongoing — varies by store
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Del Taco
Two Eat Off the Value Menu — $9.58
Verified on the 601 S Ventura Rd store's own ordering menu: the "Get A Lot" value menu runs $1.00 bean & cheese burritos, $1.29 snack tacos and $2.29 chicken rollers, and the 2-for-$7 Classic Burritos plus two snack tacos feeds a pair for $9.58. Two Oxnard stores, open to around 3am.
📍 Oxnard, CA (S Ventura Rd + N Rose Ave) · ⏳ Daily to ~3am
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Domino's
Perfect Combo — $19.99
Two medium one-topping pizzas + 16-piece Parmesan bread bites + 8-piece cinnamon twists for $19.99. Three Oxnard stores per the chain's own locator. Carryout, carside, or delivery; some markets vary the third item, so check the local store.
📍 Oxnard, CA · ⏳ Check locally