Burritos

I’m not exactly sure why, but I have always been a huge fan of burritos. I have even done some pretty questionable experiments when it comes to making burritos. Here is a page left over from the Fatkins diet that I used to publish on bootysmak. I’m always on the lookout for really good burritos. I consider myself pretty open minded too. I once ate a burriger at a pub on Amsterdam. It was pretty good. But I can’t, for the life of me, figure out why, in New York City, is the Mexican food so sub-par. I mean, this place is supposed to have everything, right? It isn’t like I haven’t tried to find a good burrito, either. I have had my ear to the ground for about 2 years, trying to find a really good burrito joint in NYC. So far, the best places that I have come up with, are both chains. One is Blockheads, the other is Chipotle. Neither of these places are even from NY, and since they are chains, they don’t really even count. Chipotle and Blockheads aren’t as good as Moe’s (another chain). But Moe’s doesn’t even have a Manhattan location. The closest location is in Nassau County. It is a little bit pathetic if, indeed, a really good burrito place does not exist in NYC. While I’m ranting about chain restaurants, I would just like to point out that it would take another three pages (which I won’t include here) for me to express my disappointment in the establishment that calls itself “Burritoville.” Talk about a misnomer…

Anyway, I want to find a place that I can get a carne asada or chicken burrito, that is like 2 pounds (or more). I don’t want the usual under seasoned meat with the quasi fish-like aftertaste, that I normally get at NYC “Mexican restaurants.” I want it to be super spicy, with lots of salt, cilantro and habanero. I want something like the burritos that you could get at the taco truck, on the street in Tijuana, for 3 dollars. Is that too much to ask? Every time that Reagan and I go to Long Island and eat at Moe’s, I’m reminded of how lame it is that I have to drive so far to get a good burrito. Does anyone know of a place here in the city where I can get a burrito like the one described above?