Your weekly burrito consumption

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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)

who cares about authenticity?

well, i wasn't referring to you, actually, but just as a follow-up to the snootiness mentioned upthread about burrito chains...

― kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:34 (twenty years ago)

Apples & Oranges

Apples & Fried Apples

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:34 (twenty years ago)

it has nothing to do with burritos, I just find it funny.

xp I don't know, but that has to be one of the biggest mistakes you've ever made

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:34 (twenty years ago)

I couldn't give less of a shit about 'authentic' though I do tend to like the places with the crazy Mexican meat choices, like tongue and whatnot. Balazo is OK. The El Faro down the street from work isn't great but it'll do as a workday lunch place. Every taqueria has it's own best and worst items, and eventually you can learn what not order in one is precisely why you go to another. I'm jonesing for tamales right now.

Apples & Fried Apples Touché

As I've said before, I will even eat at Chevy's on a road trip if it means avoiding burger chains.

― M. White (Miguelito), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:36 (twenty years ago)

polish sausage is ok. brats (grilled directly then cooked in beer and onions) are better.

there may be some snootiness, but i don't think it's unfounded in this case. most every chain burrito/mex place i've been to has been shit. there have been many non-chain places that are also shit, but at least there's the chance to find one that isn't.

― oops (Oops), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:37 (twenty years ago)

Taco Bell: Classic or Dud? (1 matching message)
baja fresh is over-rated.
started by some thousand oaks church lady.
and eff poquito mas while you're at it. safe/"fresh"/bland suburban mexican food = no fun.

-- gygax! (gygax0...), May 8th, 2003.

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:39 (twenty years ago)

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

Rock Hardy, where in the Bell South are you? I could go for chicken and dumplings and fried okra about now, but not in burrito form.

I'm more into tortas these days anyway, since I saw a show about them on PBS and all the taquerias around me sell them.

Chipotle's tortillas alone have about half an average adult's alotment of fat and calories. FYI!

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:39 (twenty years ago)

I am surprised I am the lone Tonayense loyalist! weird.

Rubio's makes great fish tacos.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Monday, 11 July 2005 20:40 (twenty years ago)

Oh I am confusing Rubio's and Baja Fresh.

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:40 (twenty years ago)

It could be worse.

― Nevada Lime (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:41 (twenty years ago)

If I lived in Santa Cruz, I'd eat at Jalapenos every day - maximum burrito consumption.

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:41 (twenty years ago)

Rubio's is a San Diego fish taco stand that franchised over the SW a few years ago.

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:42 (twenty years ago)

The phrase "FOIL SHIZZLE" appears on the Chipotle website.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:43 (twenty years ago)

Is Rubio's any good?

― M. White (Miguelito), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:44 (twenty years ago)

i'm gonna get me some rubio's for dinner tonight.

― president carter loves repetition (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:44 (twenty years ago)

Is Rubio's any good?

these things tend to vary from store to store, but the one near me is great.

― president carter loves repetition (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:45 (twenty years ago)

I eat at Rubio's often because there's one across the street from my work. The fish taco's are good.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:46 (twenty years ago)

http://www.rubios.com/

and
http://www.lasalsa.com/

― president carter loves repetition (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:47 (twenty years ago)

Not a burrito, and the version I had on Saturday was with lobster, but a fine, fine 'wrap':

http://www.tallulasf.com/imgRESop/images/foodimages/dhosa.jpg

― M. White (Miguelito), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:47 (twenty years ago)

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