Established in 2012 on Santee's Mission Gorge Road, Ferny's Mexican Grill at 10320 builds its menu around handmade tortillas and signature salsas prepared using recipes passed through multiple generations. The churro-chip dessert item — cinnamon-sugar-dusted tortilla chips served with chocolate dipping sauce — has become a cult draw, and the same from-scratch tortilla production drives the soft-taco and burrito programs along a stretch of the corridor where Star Market stocks Mexican import beverages at 10502. Gourmet burritos layer combinations of carne asada, grilled shrimp, and carnitas with rice, beans, and guacamole inside oversized flour tortillas that weigh roughly 1.5 pounds per serving. The crispy buffalo fries top hand-cut potatoes with sauce-tossed chicken, melted cheese, and chipotle ranch, creating a shareable appetizer format distinct from the standard nachos-and-salsa opener. The gourmet burrito lineup pairs high-heat-seared proteins with fresh pico de gallo and house guacamole, building a trail-fuel menu that serves the Mission Trails Regional Park recreation corridor — the same outdoor audience that outfits at Sportsman's Warehouse in Santee Town Center before heading to Cowles Mountain. The kitchen's plancha runs at commercial searing temperatures for the carne asada, producing the Maillard-reaction char crust that defines the gourmet burrito's signature flavor profile.