Trackside Tavern
PATIO BAR
All California wine list with over 80 bottles, all Southern California beer list, no imports. No Bud Lite, Coors Light. No Coronas. We have sourced all beer flavor profiles from Southern California to satisfy all palates. We have 12 local drafts and many local bottles. Our extensive wine list brings the world of wine varietals to San Juan Capistrano with California-sourced wines from all over our beautiful state. The overwhelming majority of our wines are sustainably farmed and have received over 90 points or higher from Wine Spectator, Wine Advocate, Vinous, etc.
Our cocktail program provides the freshest, garden-to-glass offerings that utilize our on-site, Trackside Garden of fruits and vegetables, as well as our living wall of herbs and other veggies. Our Beverage Director, Robert Hernandez, has carefully crafted a strong list of delectable cocktails. Artisanal spirits from San Diego to LA and beyond adorn the U-shaped Trackside Tavern bottle racks. House
Really an amazing place for lunch or dinner! Great menu options! Seeing mocktails on the menu is always a win for me! Drink: try the Winter Mule mocktail, it’s amazing!! It’s gingery and tastes like a fruity chai. Food we ordered: chips and guac as an appetizer, it tasted very fresh! Chips were good salted perfectly. Shrimp Tacos, spicy little shrimps but it was balanced so nicely with that Chipotle cream sauce. Korean pork ribs, cooked beautifully fall off the bone. The sauce was sweet and spicy, pairing it with fries is odd, maybe a cucumber salad would’ve been better imo (but my dad liked the fries!) lastly the Karate chop salad (my moms go to order) fresh, good thai peanut dressing.
Next spot was Trevor’s at the Tracks which we ended up finding while heading down to San Juan for the Halloween festivities. This place kept popping up on Yelp so we decided to give it a shot and honestly getting seated quickly on Halloween night with a party of five was a big plus right off the bat. We started with the flatbread and that was actually really solid and disappeared fast. Great flavor overall and the arugula on top of the figs added a really nice bitter sweet salty savory balance that I was impressed by. The truffle fries were a bit of a letdown though because they honestly tasted more like garlic fries than truffle fries and I didnt really get much truffle flavor at all which was kind of a bummer. My wife ordered the Cobb salad and the portion size was massive like huge which is great but it came out super dry. We asked if there was vinaigrette on it and were told yes but none of us could taste it so we asked for extra and even then it still didnt do much for the flavor. Another friend ordered the prime rib sandwich and said it was good with decent flavor especially with the au jus on the side but nothing that really wowed her especially for around $30. I ordered the Burger of Burgers because how do you not and that honestly saved the experience for me. Big patty great flavor and it definitely delivered. The sweet potato fries that came with it were also a solid choice and something I would recommend. Overall not a bad place at all just definitely more on the pricey side and I am not fully convinced the quality always matches the cost but there were a few highlights that made it enjoyable.
To-go order: I had a G.C. to Trevor's so I decided to give it a shot. For my family of 4 we ordered a kids burger, kids salmon, kids steak, and the far east fire ribs. The kids burger was just okay. The kids steak is a low quality cut, good enough for most kids I suppose. The salmon was delicious, my daughter ate every last morcel. The ribs were mine and oh my gosh they were so good. The entire slab of meat fell right off the bone for easy delicious consumption. The atmosphere of the restaurant is not really my vibe, but I could definitely go for more of those ribs.
Great vibes both on the patio and inside - we got seated rather quickly at a hightop on Saturday night, party of 2. Food was familiar but with a twist. Easy parking in the paid parking structure. In an energetic area and a good option if you’re entertaining guests. Would go back again and try more items off the menu.
First timer to Trevor's at the Tracks. We sat in the patio to hear the live music which was wonderful. Patio has retrackable covers and umbrellas to block direct sunlight. We had a cab bottle from their CA wine list. I was unfamiliar with any labels but tastes were offered and tried two and chose one. Our entrees were the brussel sprout starter and the grilled salmon with veg chopped hash and cauliflower puree. Both were Amazing and the cab went surprisingly well with flavors. We had the starter served with the entree to give flavor balance, it worked! Service was efficient and wine glasses were refilled by service when observed low. We met Trevor the owner just by hapchance not that we knew him but recognized him from restaurant's good reputation. He is a humble owner and was working doing meanial staff jobs like sweeping and moving umbrellas. No arrogance here. Perfectly comfortable dining experience and highly recommended! *****