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also, is this the thread where we argue about which taqueria is the best?

El Farolito or Cancun (Berkeley). I've heard people swear by Cactus, but I've never been.

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:03 (twenty years ago)

the last mexican food i had (thursday or friday) was a quesadilla with chicken, grilled jalapenos, and scallions

and on wednesday afternoon: two chile lime carne asada tacos (w/ flour tortillas).

― president carter loves repetition (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:04 (twenty years ago)

note that most of the burritos are from the local Baja Fresh fastfood place, which does not use the refried beans in most of them. plenty of other junk, tho. so tasty.

― kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:04 (twenty years ago)

kingfish you cut off that quote of mine prematurely.
i don't think i've ever had a chimichanga actually. but i've had burritos. and they suck.
being a gringo, i have no problem eating some gringo food. i prefer lettuce and cheese and sour cream on my tacos, for instance. i dunno, maybe every burrito i've had has just been unusually bland and soggy.
how do you add a dif salsa or hot sauce to them without opening them up and having it becoming a huge mess?

xpost i've had a baja fresh burrito. BLAND!

― oops (Oops), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:07 (twenty years ago)

Argh, I hate you all. I wonder if I could get a chicken, dumplings and fried okra burrito around here...

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:07 (twenty years ago)

ironically, this thread is making me want a burrito.

― oops (Oops), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:07 (twenty years ago)

Baja Fresh! No!

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:07 (twenty years ago)

i like my burritos to have non-refried pinto beans. black beans never really taste right in burritos.

― president carter loves repetition (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:07 (twenty years ago)

Oh? I LOVE black beans in burritos!

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:08 (twenty years ago)

I have a fondness for spinach tortillas too, but I usually stick to plain.

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:08 (twenty years ago)

I guarantee you guys, this thread will reach 250 answers by this time tomorrow.

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:09 (twenty years ago)

Oops, dude:
Burritos, enchiladas, and chimichangas are meat in tortillas served/prepped in different manners.

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:10 (twenty years ago)

how do you add a dif salsa or hot sauce to them without opening them up and having it becoming a huge mess?

i'm weird actually; i don't eat burritos with my hands. i leave the thing rolled up, make one vertical slice down the center, stir in the sauce, and eat with a fork. geeta saw me do this once and she was baffled.

― president carter loves repetition (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:11 (twenty years ago)

He knows that, he's just being contrary.

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:11 (twenty years ago)

I don't understand the cred that El Fartolito has. Having lived right around the corner from it for 4 years, I quickly found it completely nauseating - way too much sour cream, no grilled chicken, super-salty tortillas, terrible service, bland salsa, no real variety in ingredients... and yet friends/bandmates/neighbors are always suggesting going there. Maybe I just got burned out on it...

my current standby is Tonayense - best from the restaurant, but their roach coaches retain the same flavor.

― Shake yMo Collier, Monday, 11 July 2005 20:13 (twenty years ago)

My favorites are Cancun and El Farolito too!

I also like Baja Fresh though. I don't think the flavor is bland at all. I love the salsa bar (which could be useful if you think it's bland).

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:14 (twenty years ago)

Burritos, enchiladas, and chimichangas are meat in tortillas served/prepped in different manners.

No shit??? really??? you're kidding, right??????????????????

― oops (Oops), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:16 (twenty years ago)

Baja Fresh I've never tried (where is it?)

Cancun is good - I'd put it in the same strata as Pancho Villa, Zapata, Azteca, La Corneta (they're all kind of similar in approach).

what do people make of Balazo on Haight St? I've always liked it, even though it is overpriced and about as authentic as Taco Bell, they make some tasty shit.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Monday, 11 July 2005 20:17 (twenty years ago)

yeah the only good thing about baja fresh is that there's cholula on every table. i'm lucky in that there's a place in my area that makes a dozen or so fresh salsas every day.

― oops (Oops), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:18 (twenty years ago)

i eat about one a month:

burrito al pastor with refried beans on a flour tortilla. i like the more authentic places.

farolito is pretty good (i don't eat sour cream though). i ate at balazo once and the carne asada was almost all cartilage and gristle.

My favorite burrito thread is the hilarious one where andy calls out gringos who order burritos in spanish, that was a great thread.

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:18 (twenty years ago)

Wasn't it about you?

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:19 (twenty years ago)

what do people make of Balazo on Haight St? I've always liked it, even though it is overpriced and about as authentic as Taco Bell, they make some tasty shit.

Is this a sort of blue blace with candles? I think Alex took me there and I liked it.

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:19 (twenty years ago)

the salsa bar is what keeps it from being bland. mix about 3 different kinds together, slightly unroll the side and give it an even spreading, and then there you go.

now, baja fresh is overpriced, i'll grant you that. everything in there costs about a buck more thna it should.

― kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:20 (twenty years ago)

Baja Fresh is this mexican restaurant (now a large franchise) from Simi Valley started by this old religious white lady who thanked me for killing a mosquito hawk right before closing about 12 years ago in her Newbury Park store (the 2nd Baja Fresh IIRC).

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:20 (twenty years ago)

Shakey, I don't know if there is a Baja Fresh in SF. There is one on Shattuck in berkeley and another in the plaza in El Cerrito...

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:21 (twenty years ago)

After I killed the mosquito hawk she held me by the shoulder and said this hearty "God Bless You"... it was really creepy!

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:21 (twenty years ago)

There's arbitrary snobbery with regards to Baja Fresh simply because it's a chain. Their food is usually excellent (and often *much* healthier than many burrito places).

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:21 (twenty years ago)

Wait, I like chain food almost as much as you, but Baja Fresh is not one of my favorites. I like their taquitos okay, I guess.

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:23 (twenty years ago)

Barney's is a chain! Bongo Burger is a chain! Cancun is a chain! Cactus is a chain!

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:23 (twenty years ago)

My favorite burrito thread is the hilarious one where andy calls out gringos who order burritos in spanish, that was a great thread.

i've learned how to slide into a vaguely mexican-american/southwestern accent when i need to sound less whitebread.

― president carter loves repetition (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:24 (twenty years ago)

Here's a taste of BRITAIN for you all:

http://www.nandos.co.uk/

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:24 (twenty years ago)

no it's not cause it's a chain it's cause it's BLAND. plus they don't seem to able to get simple things like rice and beans right. other than cholula, the sauces they have there aren't very good.

― oops (Oops), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:24 (twenty years ago)

Adam, those are mini-chains!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:25 (twenty years ago)

there's also chains like Chipotle and Qdoba, owned by McDonalds and the Jack in the Box guys, i think.

so! we could debate about how rockist one is about one's burritos, w.r.t. "authenticity," etc.

The Chipotle burrito/fajita things are great, and weight down the stomach a lot less than half-a-kilo of frijoles in a tortilla.

― kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:25 (twenty years ago)

some of the yuppie burrito chains can be pretty good! rubio's! la salsa!

― president carter loves repetition (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:25 (twenty years ago)

Do you like sausage, oops?

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:26 (twenty years ago)

i've had up to 4 burritos a week at times. i like em coz they're fast to eat when i'm in a hurry -- probably faster, cheaper, and better all round than a burger.

i guess it does get sort of dull eventually.

burritos are just so damn efficient.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:27 (twenty years ago)

I don't like Chipotle because they're stingy with their salsa!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:27 (twenty years ago)

They give free soda to students (or people who used to work for a school and have kept their old ID!).

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:28 (twenty years ago)

Also, I love the chips at Baja Fresh, they're so thin and crisp and complement the salsa so well.

Wahoo's is another amazing mini-chain, but I'm not sure if they have any in the Yay Area.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:28 (twenty years ago)

who cares about authenticity?

if you mean chorizo, then yes. if you mean cock, then no not really.

― oops (Oops), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:28 (twenty years ago)

Moe's is pretty good and it's a yuppie chain. It has like 6 different kinds of salsa, including the tomatilla one which is my favorite.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:30 (twenty years ago)

I meant Polish sausages.

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:30 (twenty years ago)

i ate at baja fresh with spencer in...culver city?

― charltonlido (gareth), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:30 (twenty years ago)

i ate at baja fresh with donut-e in...fremont, wa

― charltonlido (gareth), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:31 (twenty years ago)

i ate at baja fresh with maj231 innna NASHVILLE WTF

― charltonlido (gareth), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:32 (twenty years ago)

Didn't you eat at Cancun with Alex, gygax and me?

Or did you just sit and drink your Sparks?

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:32 (twenty years ago)

i have never eaten at nandos even though there is one on stroud green road, n4. wait, isnt nandos portugese?

― charltonlido (gareth), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:33 (twenty years ago)

yes.

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:33 (twenty years ago)

i think i just drank a spark.

thats crazy really, why didnt i get one?

― charltonlido (gareth), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:33 (twenty years ago)

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