richiesfreshsalsa.com.au

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

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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 — handmade, healthy, and seriously delicious!

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After long days, countless salsa tubs and jars, an After long days, countless salsa tubs and jars, and a lot of burritos, we can officially say 2025 was our biggest year yet. 🌶 

To our customers, stockists, suppliers and local community - thank you. Your support made 2025 not just busy, but incredibly rewarding. Seeing so many Melbournians enjoy our food is what keeps us fired up. 

We've taken a short break to rest, do some exploring, take Poe (the Lakeland Terrier) on some adventures, and reset - and it's almost time to jump back into the kitchen 🤸‍♂️🤸‍♀️.

None of this happens without our amazing customers, our incredible (and patient) stockists, our trusted suppliers, and the community that backs us. We're heading into 2026 excited for what's ahead. 

Wishing you all a happy and positive 2026 - let's make it a good one. 🌯 🔥

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Happy Birthday to my beautiful sister Penny in Cal Happy Birthday to my beautiful sister Penny in California. We're sending you our love from Australia, and hope this is a magical day for you. ❤️

The photo is a throwback to the last time Penny was here in 2024. A magical trip with Penny and my niece Brianna (@poethelakelandterrier is looking at Bri who is standing with her back to us 👀). 

Santana is my sister's favourite band, so it's the perfect musical pick for the photo 👍 😊.

Happy Birthday from your family in Australia 🎂🥳🎉🎈🎁 ❤️.

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Just a perfect Sunday afternoon. Spending quality Just a perfect Sunday afternoon. Spending quality time with my favourite human. Making sure no-one interrupts his end-of-week rest time. Keeping the house quiet. No barking at nothing. I'm a good boy today.

Protecting my dad from the mountain of orders waiting for him in @richiesfreshsalsa kitchen. It's the last full week before 🎄. He's looking forward to a big week of Salsa & Burrito production 🌯 🍅 🙏.

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@casaibericacafeanddeli is a hidden gem nestled in @casaibericacafeanddeli is a hidden gem nestled in Alphington, celebrated for its diverse range of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American goods.

Recently, Casa Iberica Alphington has started stocking Richie's full range of burritos 🌯 in the freezer - Beef & Cheddar, Chicken & Rice, Bean & Cheese, Bean & Vegan Cheese. And don't forget Richie's Fresh Salsas in the refrigerator. The classic and perfect accompaniment for burritos!

Richie's range is also available at the Casa Iberica Fitzroy location.

Big thanks to Mericia & Paul for their support at Casa Iberica over the years 👏🙏👍 ❤️.

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Richie's Fresh Salsa is all stocked up at @the_hap Richie's Fresh Salsa is all stocked up at @the_happyapple Seddon! 

You may have noticed that Richie's Salsas have been running low at your favourite stockist. Rest assured all locations will be stocked up by the end of the week!

Richie's Salsa Kitchen has been a bit overwhelmed recently. Our apologies if you've missed out lately. We're working hard 💪 to ramp up production.

We really love to see to growing appreciation for locally made, traditional salsas 🙏❤️.
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We've been very busy making lots of salsa & burrit We've been very busy making lots of salsa & burritos lately in Richie's Salsa Kitchen! 

Our much loved @poethelakelandterrier has had more alone time than usual outside the Kitchen. However, he has used this time wisely. He's been very productive practising his soccer drills, and it seems to be paying off!

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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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