richiesfreshsalsa.com.au

Our mission is simple. Handmade Mexican food I grew up with in California. Small batches, real food.

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  • Scrambled eggs with fresh salsa
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  • California style cheese toast
  • Chiles rellenos
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Richie’s Cal-Mex Foods specialises in fresh and jarred salsas, regular and gluten-free burritos, enchiladas, breakfast burritos and tamales. Our taste of California embraces my Mexican-American heritage and is always locally handmade with simple, recognisable ingredients.

We are a family-owned business with a mission to bring a taste of Mexican-American food to Melbourne. Home-cooked food that I grew up with in California.

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Salsas and burritos are available at select independent grocery stores in Melbourne.
All products are available to order directly from us.

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Favourite recipes

Scrambled eggs with fresh salsa
Fresh pasta with fresh salsa
California style cheese toast

Why Richie’s CAL-MEX FOODS?

Because real Mexican food is fresh, bold, and full of flavour. Inspired by the California cuisine I grew up with, we make small-batch Cal-Mex in Melbourne using real ingredients β€” handmade, healthy, and seriously delicious!

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Saturday morning meant one very special delivery - Saturday morning meant one very special delivery - our first load of Richie's salsas & burritos to @italianos_fresh in Brunswick! 🌢🌯

And this one felt extra special.

Sydney Road holds lots of memories for us. Back in the LaManna Fresh days,  Joe, Anthony, Cossie, Miriam and the crew worked hard to bring Richie's Salsa Kitchen some of the best produce in town! Our products were stocked there back then too.

Now we're back on Sydney Road. ❀️
This time with Jordan & Ben, whose family have taken over this much-loved Brunswick institution.

A huge thanks to Jordan, Ben & Miriam for the gorgeous product shots - and to Jordan & Ben for welcoming us back into a place with so much history for us.

And how perfect that our first delivery landed just in time for Italiano's Fresh 1st birthday! πŸŽ‚πŸ₯³

We used to live just around the corner. Now our Salsas and Burritos are back in the neighbourhood.

Full circle. ❀️ 🌢

Here's to Italiano's Fresh, the Brunswick community, and many, many more years of success!

PS A special mention to @poethelakelandterrier for doing his part in the product shots πŸ•
A day in the life of Richie 🌯 Big bowls, stacks of A day in the life of Richie 🌯
Big bowls, stacks of tortillas, toasted burritos rolling out, and cafe orders packed ready for delivery to a handful of select cafes in Melbourne.

Fresh, humble burritos made the traditional way, every single week πŸ‘
From our kitchen to this little coastal gem 🌊 @ed From our kitchen to this little coastal gem 🌊

@edigrocer - Edithvale Community Grocer - a store that's all about "making friends with farmers, growing together" - has been stocking Richie's jarred salsas for a while, and now with their newly added freezer, they're carrying our Bean & Cheese Burritos too 🌯

Good food, good people - just how it should be.
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#veggieburrito #communitygrocer #stockistlove #australianmade #freezerfinds
A quick update from us. We've slightly reduced ou A quick update from us.

We've slightly reduced our stockist list to help us keep up with demand - we're sorry for any inconvenience this may cause and hope another stockist works for you.

Head to the link in our bio for the updated stockist list.

Also, our full range will soon be available to order direct from us online (from June).

We're incredibly grateful for your support as we continue our mission to bring fresh, bold, real Mexican food to Melbourne - small-batch Cal-Mex inspired by the flavours Richie grew up with in California.
Busy day in Richie's Salsa Kitchen 🌢 Rolling out Busy day in Richie's Salsa Kitchen 🌢
 
Rolling out Beef & Cheddar burritos like there's no tomorrow! Who's hungry?
Friday March 20 = International Day of Happiness πŸ™‚ Friday March 20 = International Day of Happiness πŸ™‚

Tonight's Happiness hack: Richie's burritos + a generous (borderline reckless) amount of Richie's salsa 🌯

Science* says burritos are guaranteed to improve your mood in under 3 bites.
 
Globally loved. Locally devoured. Zero regrets.

Eat burritos. Be happy. 

*Science not officially verified, but emotionally accurate.
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We would like to acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which we work and live today, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures; and to their Elders past, present and emerging.

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