taco bell is probably worse because i'm sure everything is crawling with e. coli and other bacteria, whereas with chipotle everything's fairly fresh and prepared (if not cooked) right in front of you. the beans are fine on my system because the rice helps with digestion.
― from peanut to president (get bent), Friday, 5 February 2010 04:34 (fourteen years ago) link
which is the fast-food restaurant where cameras captured videotape of rats cascading across the floor long after closing? this was a few years ago. don't think it was a taco bell, but can't really recall.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 5 February 2010 04:37 (fourteen years ago) link
im pretty sure it was a kfc in nyc
― The ss (J0rdan S.), Friday, 5 February 2010 04:37 (fourteen years ago) link
gross. yeah, i just found the video on youtube.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 5 February 2010 04:39 (fourteen years ago) link
lol @ ordering a hamburger in a Blimpies
― velko, Friday, 5 February 2010 04:40 (fourteen years ago) link
lol @ ordering anything in a blimpie's
― from peanut to president (get bent), Friday, 5 February 2010 04:41 (fourteen years ago) link
btw, one youtube video (from a NYC TV station) identified the restaurant as a "KFC/Taco Bell"
Link. Won't embed. Too gross.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 5 February 2010 04:42 (fourteen years ago) link
to be fair, it was a kfc in the middle of new york city. that's probably a pretty mild case of infestation.
― The ss (J0rdan S.), Friday, 5 February 2010 04:43 (fourteen years ago) link
i will never eat in nyc again.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 5 February 2010 04:44 (fourteen years ago) link
(at least not fast-food)
all restaurant kitchens are disgusting. of this i am certain.
― from peanut to president (get bent), Friday, 5 February 2010 04:49 (fourteen years ago) link
not california pizza kitchen!
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 5 February 2010 04:50 (fourteen years ago) link
of this i am certain
The rat place was the Taco Bell by the W. 4th subway stop in Manhattan. I am kinda thankful because I'm nearby, and it's probably a good thing that if a Taco Bell nostalgia/craving strikes me after a few drinks, I do not have the opportunity to make major mistakes.
I think I said this last time, but yeah, the great defense of Chipotle is that it's just plain stuff sitting there -- beans, rice, meat, cheese, etc. -- and none of it is weird or disgusting, really. So I've never found much to complain about. There's nothing particularly good about it, but as fast food goes ... you know what it is, and it tastes the way you'd expect, and that's more than you can say for most places. If there were one by my office, I'd probably eat there all the time.
― oɔsıqɐu (nabisco), Friday, 5 February 2010 05:01 (fourteen years ago) link
taco bell is probably worse because i'm sure everything is crawling with e. coli and other bacteria, whereas with chipotle everything's fairly fresh and prepared (if not cooked) right in front of you.
― from peanut to president (get bent), Thursday, February 4, 2010 11:34 PM
http://www.sdcounty.ca.gov/Portal/News/050508hepatitis.html
― ♖♕♖ (am0n), Friday, 5 February 2010 05:08 (fourteen years ago) link
free range hepatitis
― bryan lee gurd (jeff), Friday, 5 February 2010 05:12 (fourteen years ago) link
Chepatitis
― velko, Friday, 5 February 2010 05:13 (fourteen years ago) link
baja fresh wins for having a fish option
― ♖♕♖ (am0n), Friday, 5 February 2010 05:14 (fourteen years ago) link
no hepatito
― ♖♕♖ (am0n), Friday, 5 February 2010 05:15 (fourteen years ago) link
bah. now i'm worried about rats in all fast-food places, including my beloved baja fresh.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 5 February 2010 05:17 (fourteen years ago) link
like, i don't see why you would ever eat chipotle if you lived in an actual city, but it's really not that bad -- certainly not even close to taco bell, and it's pretty good as far as big corp fast food goes. their burritos are gross because they don't train their employees how to roll burritos (in my experience), but their tacos are dope & their, uh, bowls are also good. the ingredients are good -- i mean, it's hard to fuck up chicken, black beans, rice, cheese & salsa, imo.
― The ss (J0rdan S.), Thursday, February 4, 2010 11:30 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
ime chipotle is as good as most "mexican" places in nyc
― max, Friday, 5 February 2010 12:27 (fourteen years ago) link
their burritos are gross because they don't train their employees how to roll burritos (in my experience)
THIS is crime enough alone that i'd burn any chipotle to the ground--i didn't ask for an amorphous square blob that i have to eat with a fork and knife. the "bowls" are a step up but shit there is still too expensive and has always left me with a vague gross feeling afterwards.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 5 February 2010 12:43 (fourteen years ago) link
where are you guys getting tightly-wrapped burritos?
― max, Friday, 5 February 2010 12:45 (fourteen years ago) link
the bulky variety is pretty common in LA
― max, Friday, 5 February 2010 12:46 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.annastaqueria.com/
― call all destroyer, Friday, 5 February 2010 12:46 (fourteen years ago) link
CAD would you believe that I've never been to Anna's? I lived about 5 mins away from the one in Brookline for the longest time too. Just had Boca Grande for the first time last week (verdict - was good) so now on a mission to try Anna's in the near future.
― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Friday, 5 February 2010 12:55 (fourteen years ago) link
That said, now that I'm living in Eastie where there are a million authentic central/south american joints it almost seems like a crime to go to anywhere else.
― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Friday, 5 February 2010 12:56 (fourteen years ago) link
I like Chipotle, but then I don't live in NYC next to a mexican takeout place where you can get huitlacoche enchiladas at 3 am. Which apparently everyone in NYC has.
Taco Bell always makes me think of that old SNL sketch where Dan Aykroyd is the sleazy businessman selling ground up insects to schools to use in their lunches.
― international slackness (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 5 February 2010 13:02 (fourteen years ago) link
i heard there's a new mexican place in london (in soho?) that's supposed to actually be OK
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 5 February 2010 13:05 (fourteen years ago) link
not me! or anyone i know!
― max, Friday, 5 February 2010 13:06 (fourteen years ago) link
aww that video of the rats in the KFC/TB was pretty cute! the rats looked like they were just chillin, having a good time. like a rat playground.
― dyao, Friday, 5 February 2010 13:07 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.annastaqueria.com/
Just wanna state that this chain is something special and one of the reasons to live in Boston.
― PIES! PIES! PIES! PIES! PIES! (HI DERE), Friday, 5 February 2010 13:13 (fourteen years ago) link
y'all need to stop eating so much fast food
― strongohulkingtonsghost, Friday, 5 February 2010 13:39 (fourteen years ago) link
oh who am i kidding
just stop eating rat-infested fast-food, and everything will be fine.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 5 February 2010 13:40 (fourteen years ago) link
the mere memory/fear of how i'll feel after i eat taco bell has kept me away for a long long time, though i ate it pretty consistently in the years 1993 to 1998.
chipotle is BLAND AS FUCK -- kinda similar to subway, really, when you mistakenly ask for lettuce and then remember they put on a half-pound to make your sandwich look huge and filling -- and even if all that fat/calorie shit upthread is wrong, chiptole burritos still way too high in cal/fat when i can get a much tastier burrito down the block.
qdoba is, admittedly, the work of the devil.
― strongohulkingtonsghost, Friday, 5 February 2010 13:43 (fourteen years ago) link
why are you getting lettuce on your burritos?!
― max, Friday, 5 February 2010 13:44 (fourteen years ago) link
i am a goat
― strongohulkingtonsghost, Friday, 5 February 2010 13:48 (fourteen years ago) link
black beans, barbacoa, and a tin can, please, sir.
we have something called baja sol which features a salsa bar with several kinds of salsa which you can take yourself. its a delightful feature.
― you cant be neutral on throwing momma off a moving train (artdamages), Friday, 5 February 2010 14:03 (fourteen years ago) link
I've gone to that new Mexican place, Tracer - our waitress was so appalling I don't know if I'll ever go back. It was deeply embarrassing because my dining companion was greeted warmly by his friend, the owner, and we were comped drinks that the waitress took 30 minutes to bring (and had to be reminded). After that, we had to give her a second reminder about 'where is the salsa and chips?', and 30 minutes after that we had to remind her to bring my friend's entree (mine somehow came out minus fixings, with the salsa and chips), and when I asked 'where the guac at?' was told that they'd run out.
Sticking to Wahaca, Donkey Daddy and the nest of burrito wagons/cafés around Goodge Street.
― spay or neuter your blue dog (suzy), Friday, 5 February 2010 14:07 (fourteen years ago) link
CAD would you believe that I've never been to Anna's?
wow! when i lived in coolidge corner i was a boca grande hardliner but since i moved i've gradually come over to the anna's side. but yeah i always read about awesome places up in your area and tell myself i need to try them someday.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 5 February 2010 14:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah there are def some hidden gems around here.
― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Friday, 5 February 2010 14:53 (fourteen years ago) link
http://chipotless.com/images/stories/before%20&%20after%20body.jpg
― ♖♕♖ (am0n), Friday, 5 February 2010 15:29 (fourteen years ago) link
My Burrito Bol Print E-mailWritten by ChipotLoser
Secret Burrito BolSecret Burrito BolHere is my SECRET Burrito Bol weightloss formula.
Breakfast: cup of coffee and an egg (scrambled or hardboiled).
Lunch: Fajita Bol (peppers, onions, steak, tomato salsa, green tomatillo salsa, cheese, sour cream, guacamole, romaine lettuce)
Dinner: Fajita Bol (peppers, onions, steak, tomato salsa, green tomatillo salsa, cheese, sour cream, guacamole, romaine lettuce)
Yes. I eat two of these burrito bols each day. This totals about 1480 calories and 29 impact carbohydrates daily.
Do not be fooled. This diet is not solely based on calories. It has a slightly low-carb effect. So, stick with my Chipotle Diet formula. The only substitution you should make is the meat. You can choose any meat, however, the chicken may be best for weightloss. I usually get the steak and it hasn't hurt me yet. Check My Progress.
Oh and don't forget to order guacamole, cheese and sour cream. Yes, you can have all of these! I do.
― ♖♕♖ (am0n), Friday, 5 February 2010 15:31 (fourteen years ago) link
lol @ "chipotloser"
― call all destroyer, Friday, 5 February 2010 15:33 (fourteen years ago) link
but look at what it did to his kids face :(
― bnw, Friday, 5 February 2010 15:35 (fourteen years ago) link
wut
― iatee, Friday, 5 February 2010 15:53 (fourteen years ago) link
you heard me
― max, Friday, 5 February 2010 15:54 (fourteen years ago) link
you should eat in queens more often!
― iatee, Friday, 5 February 2010 15:55 (fourteen years ago) link