Juanitas Taco Shop has occupied its counter on North Coast Highway 101 in Encinitas's Leucadia district since 1980, making it one of the longest-running taco shops on the 101. The Jalisco-style kitchen slow-cooks carnitas using a recipe unchanged across three generations of ownership, a pork preparation so central to the operation that locals call the shop Juanitas Carnitas — the same kind of single-dish identity that Leucadia Donut Shoppe holds for morning pastry on the same highway. Baja-style fish tacos use beer-battered white fish in corn tortillas with house-made crema and salsa fresca, a preparation the kitchen has held since the early 1980s alongside rolled tacos and carne asada fries. The catering program handles event-sized orders of rolled tacos, carne asada nachos, and California burritos — the last built with french fries, cheese, and sour cream in the San Diego street-food tradition that anchors a Leucadia restaurants corridor including The Regal Seagull. San Diego County Environmental Health records show a 96-out-of-100 kitchen inspection score at the North Coast Highway 101 location.