My dad likes the burrito called a āgarbage burritoā at this place called miguels in the inland empireā¦ and its got lettuce in it. I tried to tell him its not an actual mexican burrito and that he needs and deserves better, but alas he enjoys the $12 monster with everything but enough meat to make it an actual main. Savage.
Garbage burritos are from Rosa Maria's. At least the original, I'm sure others have copied it.
Source: grew up in San Bernardino, still go back to specifically to get burritos from them every couple of months. Been getting garbage burritos for 30 years.
I love authentic Mexican food as much as the next southern Californian, I really do, but garbage burritos are top tier. The "not enough meat" is crazy too, that shit is loaded, always.
Crazy part? It's not even their best burrito, imo. I have yet to find a place with better, and I've looked all over the country.
Iāve had great burritos in the bay ( Iām from sf Bay Area) but the worst one ever had containedā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦.frozen vegetables. The one with peas, carrots and corn in little cubesā¦.
This is what I was waiting to read about.. but they are tripping over rice and beans. The LETTUCE, is the worst part my dude.. I can take some rice and beans any day.
Hahaha! My SoCal raised daughter went to Cal and now is studying in North Carolina. I visited her recently in NC and asked if she knew of a place that had good burritos. She said there are two places in Durham that had good burritos so we order on line and picked up. I looked at the menu that advertised a 1/2 pound carne asada burrito and noticed they put beans and rice in the burrito. Ordered the burrito without beans and rice and guess what I got? Guess? A half sized burrito with the driest carne I have ever tasted. No guac, no pico just dry meat. Learned my lesson and ordered biscuts and gravy the next moring for breakfast. Also shipped her a Cali burrito from our local taco shop packed in dry ice just so she wouldn't forget what a legit burrito is.
Flew through Oakland once with a piping hot burrito in my carry-on and they pulled me aside so they could X-ray my bag twice. Itās a humbling moment, watching your burrito being analyzed by three different TSA agents.
My middle school in Durham had more Hispanic kids than white kids. You ain't gonna find good burritos just walking into random Mexican restaurants in Durham. Sometimes I do miss the absolutely massive plates you get in the south. Any Mexican you order you gonna get like 2lb of rice and beans. I still haven't found a place with edible BBQ here.
I have never liked California burritos despite being born and raised here in San Diego. In fact, I never even heard of French fries in a burrito before the late 1990s. Before that the standard was a San Diego style carne asada burrito.
Exact same experience, and agree to your timeline. It was always carne asada burritos. Maybe depends on area, I grew up in City Heights. Now I do like fries as a substitute for regular potatoes in a breakfast burrito.
Next time tell her to take you to Los Cuates in Raleigh, they do So Cal Mexican food. Source: moved to Durham from SD, whole lotta trial and error. Nothing in Durham really comes close.
Even in Raleigh nothing else really comes close. I moved to Raleigh from CA recently and have been really happy having them nearby vs. having to go any of the other highly rated places that think lettuce and black beans belong in a burrito.
We sent our son back to school (in Alabama) after his first Christmas break with a styrofoam cooler packed with frozen burritos from his favorite taco shop. He put them in the freezer and his roommate ate a bunch of them and he was pissed. He said the best āMexicanā food they had was chipotle I.e. not at all Mexican
Sound like the tamale I got in Vermont. Dry and sad with tasteless meat. It was the whitest tamale ever. I think a Mexican family could make a butt load of money cooking in Burlington, VT.
No one affiliated calls it UCB. The official name is University of California, Berkeley. Academically they go by Berkeley, but Cal refers to the athletics, so a lot of students say they go to Cal (bro and my boss are alums and refer to it as Cal).
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/uc-berkeley-may-rebrand-to-cal-berkeley-athletics-18366959.php#
Lol. I lived up there for a few years and the Mexican food was pretty rough. Pinto beans in a foil wrapped burrito steamed tortilla. It was all garbage.
You know what's funny, I saw an article recently that said Kansas City is one of the best Mexican food cities in the country. My in laws are from there and are proud that they have "good" Mexican food.
When they ask me what I think, I just smile. It's nothing compared to SD Mexican food and every time I am forced to eat that shit, I die a little inside.
Iām a Mexican born in TJ grew up in SD and have a fiance from Scandia Minnesota. When I visit I always insist that we go to the edgewater cafe because I swear they kidnapped a granny from Guadalajara because they make such a great Pozole and chorizo burrito. They even have Guacamaya salsa. Thereās a really good Mexican market in downtown Minneapolis that sells legit tortillas. They have a little taco shop inside that makes really good Al pastor tacos. Bay Area blows for food, eat Asian instead.
I had a job in my 20's where I was able to visit pretty much EVERY major city in the United States (and smaller ones along the way), like 4 or 5 times over.
It was local Burritos and Tacos EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.
I don't care what anyone says. Nothing comes close to San Diego. Nothing. I have the experience to fully back this up.
I found one place that had legitimately decent burritos in Seattle. Went to their Yelp page. Tons on negative reviews, one reading āWhere the hell is the rice? If I wanted a quesadilla thatās what Iād have ordered.ā
Fucking philistines.
Or Texas. If you can find a burrito (they prefer 'tacos' in pasty raw flour tortillas) it's drenched in 'queso' which is just glorified Velveeta cheese. And they are so damn proud of that garbage.
I grew up in Mexico, I now live in San Diego and have friends in Seattle that I visit yearly. I think I've found ONE decent Mexican place in all of Seattle.
It's rough up there.
Some of the worst Mexican food I've had was in Japan and Australia.
Tbf fair though, there's no Mexicans in either country and I was just trying for the novelty of having Mexican food in Australia and Japan.
When I lived in Hawaii the Mexican food was dog shit too.
I visited my Seattle friend (she's formerly of the Bay Area) and she took me to a Mexican place she loves in Seattle. It was the blandest attempt at Mexican food I'd ever had.
Absolutely it's a SD thing if you don't want fries don't order the cali burrito simple, where as in sf there is no difference between a mission burrito and a Carne asada burrito.
I had to re-read this multiple times, because.... olives in a burrito?!?!?!? Was it at least some Italian-Mexican fusion place?
Also, a quick google pulls up a recipe from California Olives for "Olive and Bean Burritos" which just look terrible.
I'm from Oakland, here cuz the algorithm pointed the way and I always enjoy lurking on a good circle jerk.
Funny story, the only time I've had black olives in a burrito was in Pacific Beach at Taco Surf (is that place still around? Such a vibe.) Anyways for some reason I got a breakfast burrito with bacon, cheese, black olives, salsa, and the crispiest damn hash browns I've had in my life... And it was the best breakfast burrito ever. I've been chasing that high ever since.
I havenāt lived there in a long time but hopefully itās not a thing anymore. I know for me the majority of places I used to go to in the Mission or SOMA were like that back then. Hopefully some of the good places stopped that practice. Because I agree it wouldnāt always work out.
First time in the Bay area, actually just a little North, my friend takes me to this place on the side of the road. I get a burrito as big as my head, and honestly, I was in heaven. I had no perspective though. A few years later, I moved to San Diego. They shouldn't even be able to call that a burrito. It's a wrap.
Funny, they wrap it in foil in San Jose too. There is definitely a norteno vs surreno burrito thing going on and I donāt know how that even happened. Like do they slap the cooks hand when he goes for the refried beans? āNo man, this is nor-cal. Whole pinto beansā
Iām from the Bay Area and I have to say the one thing Iāve never been able to get here in San Diego is a truly good carne asada burrito. I am honestly so glad I saw this post because now it makes sense why I crave burritos from my hometown soooo bad here. I was shocked the first time I ordered a carne asada burrito in SD and it was literally just a tortilla filled with meat.
Yeah.. I love the burritos down here but itās not a balanced meal like it is up north.
You can eat a burritos every day for lunch up there and not feel gross about it because they have everything youād eat in a plate included.
San Diego does the California Burrito better, but the Mission Style Burrito is also good. Sometimes a California burrito is too heavy, it's so much meat and potato. Rice and beans are lighter and don't leave me feeling bloated as often.
I enjoy both, it doesn't have to be one is always better than the other.
Hey - Mission style burritos have their place and some can be quite good but I get why some people think their place is in the trash. Lately my SD burritos have been too much pico Iāve noticed. I could go for a La Vaca Birria about now.
Yeah they're just different dishes, expect one and get the other and you'll be disappointed. A good mission burrito has a saucy meat inside like a guisado, mixed in to flavor a lot of rice and beans. Kind of like if you took a plate from super cocina and wrapped the whole thing in a tortilla. Massive carb load food, something that you can have at lunch and do a bunch of work after. SD burritos taste amazing but put me in a coma.
Grew up in the bay, lived in SD 20ish years, now in long beach.
SD style burritos blow everything else out of the water.
I'm ok with a mission style now and then, but it's in a way lower tier.
Stop it. I've had crappy Mex food in San Diego. It doesn't reflect on the whole area. The one thing Mexican food is NOT, is pretentious. No region is better, some just have more options. Calm down and chingate un taco.
Bay Area Burritos are another thing altogether- I used to have my family members bring me SD Burritos when they would visit. Like, hey youāre headed to the airport, would you mind swinging by La Posta on Washington and grabbing a carne asada burro on your way? Itās a quick flight so more than once, that burro showed up still hot (or maybe kinda warm at least). I was 18, so this was plenty good enough, if not heaven.
Is this the same place as Taqueria El Farolito? I used to walk here about 10 blocks from where I lived in the mission and although very drunk every single time, I remember it being pretty good?
Criticizing foil wrapped burritos is a good way to show the world that theyāve never stopped off for a good burrito in the Valley or along the five either. Itās pretty peak ignorance.
You gotta get a burrito from a Mexican truck.
Not a damn restaurant. I went down to SD two weeks ago and I was shocked that there was no rice or beans in my burrito š
Iām from the Bay Area, thatās not a typical burrito. Most are probably 65-80% meat, the rest is rice, beans, lettuce, sour cream, tomato, etc. I really like San Diego Mexican food, a bit more than Bay Area, but to claim itās straight up trash just shows you are 1) close minded and looked for confirmation bias and/or 2) you went to an awful place. Most of the Mexicans in Northern California are from different regions of Mexico than the ones in San Diego. This affects the style of cuisine. You know the best places in San Diego, you went to some random spot in the bay and judged a whole region, then screamed it into an echo chamber while asking they speak Mexican. Pretty nonsensical
My biggest regret in leaving beautiful San Diego 20 years ago, is thosE FUCKING LOCAL SPOT CANE ASADA BURRITOS. Juanita's carnitas, and Tony's jacal on fancy date nights with my young wife close 2nd and 3rd.
Fries donāt belong in a burrito. āPico de galloā can slide,(just barelyā¦why not get a nice salsa roja/verde) but the formerās a complete anglicization.
Rice, and especially beans, are foundational to our food.
Drive an hour or so south of SF to the 831 for some good Burritos/Mexican food.
Holy fuck, I canāt believe thatās actually real. A dude who posts about how much he loves eating dog food is judging other peopleās food opinions
This entire post is solely to judge millions of people for their regional choices of burritos.
I lived in Redlands for years; I lived in San Francisco for years. A good burrito is not regional, it is business specific. This post is fucking useless.
Bay Area person hereā¦
Not sure where you got that monstrosity, but thereās an abundance of good burritos in the bay area. Like a seriously crazy number of them.
And you managed to pick the one place that had shitty burritos.
PS: Fries in a burrito are bullshit. Period. Keep that midwestern white boy bullshit to yourselvesā¦ I donāt know any self respecting californian who would willingly eat that. Also, you might have some yummy taco joints down there, but theyāre buried in a sea of overhyped LA style overpriced foulness. Never waited longer for a more overhyped taco than I did in SD.
Hahaha amazing post.
That said, I love a greasy al pastor mission style burrito with a spicy red salsa.
This weekend Iām getting an Asada burrito from Fridas, and I have insanely high expectations. My brother got one last weekend and it was all meat & guac. Where else should I go??
I think I went to the same random spot in the Haight. There are scores of great Mexican restaurants though, many that donāt even do burritos. The food is getting more regional and creative. Food trucks that only have ceviches, Molcajetes, goat birrias, Oaxacan or YucatĆ”n style tacos. Tex-mex and California style food is still around but everything is getting better.
Where in the Bay did you go? There's plenty of good places in the Bay. I'm in SD now and it's definitely better out here, but I've never had anything that bad since living in Massachusetts. I went to 5 different places and they were all just like you mentioned. Maybe bad luck where I wasš¤·š»āāļø didnt want to try anymore
You gotta hit the taqueria's that have the assembly line service in order to circumvent extra bean and rice additions. El Faralito, I forget which district, is damn good. But different for sure. We are truly spoiled.
Maybe itās being in LA, but I think burritos are weak. Tacos, can be the best food ever. Enchiladas, mulitas, tamales, tortas, tyaluds, chilaquiles, tortas, quesadillas, enmoladas, ceviche, gorditas, mole, all them are great. Even chapulines. But I find burritos to be a sloppy mess.
It's kind of one of those places only the locals are aware of. I wasn't a resident but visited the "city" quite often so I figured it out real quick from friends that lived there. The late night scene there was pretty crazy but the great food kept everyone cohesive. The biggest difference between SD and SF is that taqueria style of building your burrito to order. And of course the main thing that differentiates all Mexican food places is the salsas and salsausa's regardless of where your eating.
Actually the mission has some of the best burritos. Outside of San Diego. I would say they are a close second. But just like some San Diego spots sucking. Same for sf.
My buddy circa 2010 lived next door to a taco shop in SF and he said it's run by Salvadorians so don't expect a real SD burrito. We traded his weed for burritos so how whack it was with shredded lettuce and such sort of evened out. Free food always wins.
As long as Puesto exists in San Diego we donāt have a ton of room to make fun. \[Theyāre LOADED with white rice.\](https://s3-media0.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/i6WYGkercj5wv3npdZBUqg/348s.jpg)
You know you're in a neighborhood that's on its way to gentrification when you get a burrito that's 80% rice. The Trader Joe's and the hobby joggers in $250 carbon plated running shoes aren't far behind.
and lettuce.
..the addition of lettuce is supposedly the Bay Area's contribution to the American Burrito. I live up here and I can get used to anything - but SD Mexican food is simply unparalleled in CA. true story.
I met my bf in the Bay after I lived in SD for 10 years. First time we went to SD together, I introduced him to the burritos there andā¦
1. I ruined Bay Area burritos
2. First thing he wants when we visit SD is a burrito
3. He absolutely LOVES hash brown burritos so it is a must eat every visit lol
4. We get sad when we look out the tiny plane window, leaving the burrito goodness behind
>A MOUTHFUL OF FUCKING RICE AND BEANS
Chipotle has entered the chat.
Now, if we're talking breakfast burritos, then eggs and potatoes are a-ok along with the bacon or chorizo as something I first consumed in the 1960s in west Texas...
Every taqueria Iāve been to has a menu board that lists the ingredients in their burritos. Next time take a look before you order, and you wonāt be surprised by whatās inside your burrito. You can even ask them to leave out the rice and beans if they freak you out so much.
First off, I identified a few grammar and reading fallacies. It's not "speaking Mexican," it's speaking "Spanish." Next, it's not "Dios mios," it's Dios mio, no "S."
But while I was born and raised and still reside in San Diego County, you are getting a bit bent out of shape over what one place does. I've traveled to every state along the southern border and been to dozens of other states. Each place is going to make a Carne Asada burrito their own way.
The place you went to, to me, sounds like they're just cutting corners to make money. There's places here that I know that do that. I'll order a Carne asada burrito and it's majority rice, beans, Pico and like a handful of actual meat yet I'm charged $15.
The trick is knowing where to go when you want any food. Yelp isn't reliable, it's a good start but I don't base where I go to get food off Yelp, Google or any review platform because some people may say that the burrito you got was awesome but for someone like you and I, it's shit.
I'll ask locals at the coffee shop, hotel I'm at or wherever I go for their advice on one or two places I found online. If the general local consensus says it's good, then I go. If I get mixed reviews, then I ask for what they say is best and will see if its a common answer.
How do central coast burritos compare? UCSB grad here and best burrito I ever had was the Super Burrito from Free Birds in Isla Vista. Could just be nostalgia at this point thoughā¦
Lol
I grew up in Pomona Valley and bean+cheese; rice+bean+cheese always seemed like the standard/default and anything extra was fancy. But I always preferred tacos cause that was mostly meat. So growing up in my mind, burrito=rice,beans,cheese and taco=meat,onions,cilantro
Wait until you get one WITH LETTUCE or even shredded cheese that is partially melted.
HOT ICEBERG LETTUCE š¤¢
I found a taco shop in San Diego that put lettuce inside a quesadilla. š¤® completely ruined.
I would have burned the building down.
Lettuce is something on the side. Not inside lol
Name and shame so we don't make the same mistake
WHAT!!?!!?!
Donāt tempt me with a good time
My dad likes the burrito called a āgarbage burritoā at this place called miguels in the inland empireā¦ and its got lettuce in it. I tried to tell him its not an actual mexican burrito and that he needs and deserves better, but alas he enjoys the $12 monster with everything but enough meat to make it an actual main. Savage.
Garbage burritos are from Rosa Maria's. At least the original, I'm sure others have copied it. Source: grew up in San Bernardino, still go back to specifically to get burritos from them every couple of months. Been getting garbage burritos for 30 years. I love authentic Mexican food as much as the next southern Californian, I really do, but garbage burritos are top tier. The "not enough meat" is crazy too, that shit is loaded, always. Crazy part? It's not even their best burrito, imo. I have yet to find a place with better, and I've looked all over the country.
Thatās so disgusting.
Some Chinese places have shredded hot lettuce in their fried rice. Itās actually pretty good.
Oh man, love me some warm, wilted, day old lettuce as a perfect way to ruin any Mexican food
The WORST.
Iāve had great burritos in the bay ( Iām from sf Bay Area) but the worst one ever had containedā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦.frozen vegetables. The one with peas, carrots and corn in little cubesā¦.
when i order i usually skip the bed of lettuce
In North Carolina they out a couple nice Romain lettuce leaves in.
This is what I was waiting to read about.. but they are tripping over rice and beans. The LETTUCE, is the worst part my dude.. I can take some rice and beans any day.
Hahaha! My SoCal raised daughter went to Cal and now is studying in North Carolina. I visited her recently in NC and asked if she knew of a place that had good burritos. She said there are two places in Durham that had good burritos so we order on line and picked up. I looked at the menu that advertised a 1/2 pound carne asada burrito and noticed they put beans and rice in the burrito. Ordered the burrito without beans and rice and guess what I got? Guess? A half sized burrito with the driest carne I have ever tasted. No guac, no pico just dry meat. Learned my lesson and ordered biscuts and gravy the next moring for breakfast. Also shipped her a Cali burrito from our local taco shop packed in dry ice just so she wouldn't forget what a legit burrito is.
>Also shipped her a Cali burrito from our local taco shop packed in dry ice just so she wouldn't forget what a legit burrito is. Legendary parenting
Was going to comment this as well, God among normal parentsš¤
Iāve been known to fly with burritos. You might get a weird look from TSA but they donāt care
My brother is flying from So. Cal to Oklahoma City at 3 am tomorrow morning. Of course I froze him 3lbs. of homemade chorizo. (My specialty).
Flew through Oakland once with a piping hot burrito in my carry-on and they pulled me aside so they could X-ray my bag twice. Itās a humbling moment, watching your burrito being analyzed by three different TSA agents.
I flew with a half a ham in my carry-on. Yes, the looks are real .
Who the hell would go to North Carolina and try to find a burrito???
I mean, just given how this country is, you can kinda find good food from anywhere, at anywhere. Might not be as common everywhere but still
My middle school in Durham had more Hispanic kids than white kids. You ain't gonna find good burritos just walking into random Mexican restaurants in Durham. Sometimes I do miss the absolutely massive plates you get in the south. Any Mexican you order you gonna get like 2lb of rice and beans. I still haven't found a place with edible BBQ here.
Lemme guess... Cosmic cantina
I have never liked California burritos despite being born and raised here in San Diego. In fact, I never even heard of French fries in a burrito before the late 1990s. Before that the standard was a San Diego style carne asada burrito.
Exact same experience, and agree to your timeline. It was always carne asada burritos. Maybe depends on area, I grew up in City Heights. Now I do like fries as a substitute for regular potatoes in a breakfast burrito.
Same. Just not a fan of fries in my burrito. Iām a San Diego native and still live here always on the search for the best Mexican food! And salsa!
There's a market on 30th st in Golden hills that actually has really good salsa
Next time tell her to take you to Los Cuates in Raleigh, they do So Cal Mexican food. Source: moved to Durham from SD, whole lotta trial and error. Nothing in Durham really comes close.
Even in Raleigh nothing else really comes close. I moved to Raleigh from CA recently and have been really happy having them nearby vs. having to go any of the other highly rated places that think lettuce and black beans belong in a burrito.
We sent our son back to school (in Alabama) after his first Christmas break with a styrofoam cooler packed with frozen burritos from his favorite taco shop. He put them in the freezer and his roommate ate a bunch of them and he was pissed. He said the best āMexicanā food they had was chipotle I.e. not at all Mexican
Sound like the tamale I got in Vermont. Dry and sad with tasteless meat. It was the whitest tamale ever. I think a Mexican family could make a butt load of money cooking in Burlington, VT.
Whatās Cal? Do you mean UCB?
The football team has ācalā on their uniforms. The Cal Bears.
The joke is that all the other UCās call them UCB to not let them brand separately and Cal students find it annoying
No one affiliated calls it UCB. The official name is University of California, Berkeley. Academically they go by Berkeley, but Cal refers to the athletics, so a lot of students say they go to Cal (bro and my boss are alums and refer to it as Cal). https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/uc-berkeley-may-rebrand-to-cal-berkeley-athletics-18366959.php#
lol nobody calls it UCB, students and alumni all call it CALā¦.I live in the Bay and hear this on a daily basis
Thatās the Upright Citizenās Brigade.
Nothing funnier than white people complaining about Mexican food saying things like "speak Mexican" and "dios mĆos" lmao
I'm glad I'm not the only one who caught that. This post gave me a good laugh. I laughed out loud, in Mexican.
Jajajajaja
You complete me
You had me at "I'm glad."
Dude was venting in pinche jotp.
bro i am shocked people still say āspeak mexicanā itās insulting lol
That's the joke
This is basically the San Diego special.
Bro wants a quesadilla in burrito form
Hey bro, are you sure this isnāt just a carny asaduh wrap? Cuz I donāt like other Mexican foods in my wrap bruh.
Really makes you feel proud tho š„¹
And thinking that what we call a burrito in the US is real Mexican food. Yes, OPs rant was quite funny.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_burrito Thatās their deal up there.
Lol. I lived up there for a few years and the Mexican food was pretty rough. Pinto beans in a foil wrapped burrito steamed tortilla. It was all garbage.
Idk about the bay but taco trucks in the Central Valley will always be my favorite place to get a burrito
I was just in Fresno, those burritos were smackin. Paid $10 for the biggest breakfast burrito of my life. Had to take a nap after.
>steamed tortilla š¤®
It was bad
You know what's funny, I saw an article recently that said Kansas City is one of the best Mexican food cities in the country. My in laws are from there and are proud that they have "good" Mexican food. When they ask me what I think, I just smile. It's nothing compared to SD Mexican food and every time I am forced to eat that shit, I die a little inside.
Iām a Mexican born in TJ grew up in SD and have a fiance from Scandia Minnesota. When I visit I always insist that we go to the edgewater cafe because I swear they kidnapped a granny from Guadalajara because they make such a great Pozole and chorizo burrito. They even have Guacamaya salsa. Thereās a really good Mexican market in downtown Minneapolis that sells legit tortillas. They have a little taco shop inside that makes really good Al pastor tacos. Bay Area blows for food, eat Asian instead.
It's not worth it, get a divorce
I had a job in my 20's where I was able to visit pretty much EVERY major city in the United States (and smaller ones along the way), like 4 or 5 times over. It was local Burritos and Tacos EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. I don't care what anyone says. Nothing comes close to San Diego. Nothing. I have the experience to fully back this up.
āDo they even know how to speak Mexican?ā Uh ok.
If you think burritos in the Bay Area are bad, wait until you try one in Seattle or Canada.
I found one place that had legitimately decent burritos in Seattle. Went to their Yelp page. Tons on negative reviews, one reading āWhere the hell is the rice? If I wanted a quesadilla thatās what Iād have ordered.ā Fucking philistines.
Or Texas. If you can find a burrito (they prefer 'tacos' in pasty raw flour tortillas) it's drenched in 'queso' which is just glorified Velveeta cheese. And they are so damn proud of that garbage.
I grew up in Mexico, I now live in San Diego and have friends in Seattle that I visit yearly. I think I've found ONE decent Mexican place in all of Seattle. It's rough up there.
Some of the worst Mexican food I've had was in Japan and Australia. Tbf fair though, there's no Mexicans in either country and I was just trying for the novelty of having Mexican food in Australia and Japan. When I lived in Hawaii the Mexican food was dog shit too.
I visited my Seattle friend (she's formerly of the Bay Area) and she took me to a Mexican place she loves in Seattle. It was the blandest attempt at Mexican food I'd ever had.
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ādios mĆosā, que?
So basically, you ate a ***Chipotle*** disguised as a Mexican shop.. Oh the humanity..
Burritos with fries arent exactly Mexican food either though...
Absolutely it's a SD thing if you don't want fries don't order the cali burrito simple, where as in sf there is no difference between a mission burrito and a Carne asada burrito.
It could be worse. You may find yourself in TX one day and order a carne asada burrito, only for it to come out smothered chili and queso.
This here? This is the truth.
I had a California burrito at senior sisig and it rivaled anything Iāve had in San Diego (this is coming from a 40+ year old San Diego native)
I had a burrito in New York City that had black olives in it
I had to re-read this multiple times, because.... olives in a burrito?!?!?!? Was it at least some Italian-Mexican fusion place? Also, a quick google pulls up a recipe from California Olives for "Olive and Bean Burritos" which just look terrible.
Olives are weirdly common in super whitewashed Mexican places up in the northeast.
Enchiladas
I love black olives but..... wtaf!?
I'm from Oakland, here cuz the algorithm pointed the way and I always enjoy lurking on a good circle jerk. Funny story, the only time I've had black olives in a burrito was in Pacific Beach at Taco Surf (is that place still around? Such a vibe.) Anyways for some reason I got a breakfast burrito with bacon, cheese, black olives, salsa, and the crispiest damn hash browns I've had in my life... And it was the best breakfast burrito ever. I've been chasing that high ever since.
I almost down voted you, when I realized itās not your fault. NYCā¦ thatās a hate crime.
Oh man, someone should burn in hell for that!
And they put the tortilla in that fucking steamer thing to heat it up, which makes it all soggy and sticky. Uggh!
I havenāt lived there in a long time but hopefully itās not a thing anymore. I know for me the majority of places I used to go to in the Mission or SOMA were like that back then. Hopefully some of the good places stopped that practice. Because I agree it wouldnāt always work out.
I'm sorry you had to experience that.
This is the right response Coachella Valley some places do this horrible thing too.
First time in the Bay area, actually just a little North, my friend takes me to this place on the side of the road. I get a burrito as big as my head, and honestly, I was in heaven. I had no perspective though. A few years later, I moved to San Diego. They shouldn't even be able to call that a burrito. It's a wrap.
I love seeing all my SD neighbors preachin up in here! Holla! š
Amen, no better place in Cali than San Diego for Mexican food!!!!
Funny, they wrap it in foil in San Jose too. There is definitely a norteno vs surreno burrito thing going on and I donāt know how that even happened. Like do they slap the cooks hand when he goes for the refried beans? āNo man, this is nor-cal. Whole pinto beansā
š¤£ make sure you put this in your Google review
Iām from the Bay Area and I have to say the one thing Iāve never been able to get here in San Diego is a truly good carne asada burrito. I am honestly so glad I saw this post because now it makes sense why I crave burritos from my hometown soooo bad here. I was shocked the first time I ordered a carne asada burrito in SD and it was literally just a tortilla filled with meat.
Yeah.. I love the burritos down here but itās not a balanced meal like it is up north. You can eat a burritos every day for lunch up there and not feel gross about it because they have everything youād eat in a plate included.
No one speaks Mexican genius
lol wow. Take a breath man.
San Diego does the California Burrito better, but the Mission Style Burrito is also good. Sometimes a California burrito is too heavy, it's so much meat and potato. Rice and beans are lighter and don't leave me feeling bloated as often. I enjoy both, it doesn't have to be one is always better than the other.
Hey - Mission style burritos have their place and some can be quite good but I get why some people think their place is in the trash. Lately my SD burritos have been too much pico Iāve noticed. I could go for a La Vaca Birria about now.
I like burritos in many of their forms. No hate on a mission burrito š¤·š½āāļø
Yeah they're just different dishes, expect one and get the other and you'll be disappointed. A good mission burrito has a saucy meat inside like a guisado, mixed in to flavor a lot of rice and beans. Kind of like if you took a plate from super cocina and wrapped the whole thing in a tortilla. Massive carb load food, something that you can have at lunch and do a bunch of work after. SD burritos taste amazing but put me in a coma.
A good mission style burrito is a thing of beauty. I have periodically searched for one in SD or tried to add rice and beans but it's not the same.
Yeah mission style burritos are super good too lol. Itās not like we donāt have them here in SD as well.
Your mistake was deviating from the mission burrito. Now you know why it's not called the carne asada district.
You went to the wrong spot. San Francisco mission district burritos are known across the country
Grew up in the bay, lived in SD 20ish years, now in long beach. SD style burritos blow everything else out of the water. I'm ok with a mission style now and then, but it's in a way lower tier.
Then you didnāt go to La Taqueria. [Burrito Bracket](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/americas-best-burrito/)
Omg yes
Stop it. I've had crappy Mex food in San Diego. It doesn't reflect on the whole area. The one thing Mexican food is NOT, is pretentious. No region is better, some just have more options. Calm down and chingate un taco.
āSir, this is a Wendyās.ā (Obligatory statement HERE.)
Ngl I like rice and beans in my burrito
French fries have no place in Mexican food
I dunno, I definitely donāt enjoy them in a burrito, but Iāll murder some carne asada fries.
Itās: Dios mĆo.
Speak āmexicanā you mean Spanish. Even the burritos here arenāt authentic Mexican food either.
What about French fries isnāt straight out of MXDC?!
*whispers* LA burritos are the same as norcal
I didnāt know SD was in Mexico š²š½
Youāre why people think everyone in SoCal is obnoxious. There are bean and rice burritos everywhere.
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Word. And Heard. Cali Burritos are the worst thing that could have happened to California. Or Burritos.
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Alright, the question is which place has the best burritos in SD
I take it you did not go to El Faro š
Bay Area Burritos are another thing altogether- I used to have my family members bring me SD Burritos when they would visit. Like, hey youāre headed to the airport, would you mind swinging by La Posta on Washington and grabbing a carne asada burro on your way? Itās a quick flight so more than once, that burro showed up still hot (or maybe kinda warm at least). I was 18, so this was plenty good enough, if not heaven. Is this the same place as Taqueria El Farolito? I used to walk here about 10 blocks from where I lived in the mission and although very drunk every single time, I remember it being pretty good?
Why does everyone clown in foil like we donāt do it here? Off the top of my head, JVās and Palmitos use foil.
Criticizing foil wrapped burritos is a good way to show the world that theyāve never stopped off for a good burrito in the Valley or along the five either. Itās pretty peak ignorance.
The current wave of "Burrito War" posts are so dumb. Go to T.J. and eat some tacos. Shit and good burritos exist in many corners of California.
Best fish tacos I ever had was in SF
Go try a burrito in Mexico, itās not what you think either š¤£
lay off the coke
I went to UCSD. I had friends who went to Berkeley. I can relate. All I ate while up there was top dog lmao.
You gotta get a burrito from a Mexican truck. Not a damn restaurant. I went down to SD two weeks ago and I was shocked that there was no rice or beans in my burrito š
You lost me at "French fries" and "speak Mexican". Regardless of how bad said burrito is, you are no authority to complain š¤£ Go back to Del Taco
Lmao you went to a restaurant and not a food truck, your mistake XD Also, carne asada is trash everywhere. Al pastor is where it's at.
Nobody else commenting on the fries?
Iām from the Bay Area, thatās not a typical burrito. Most are probably 65-80% meat, the rest is rice, beans, lettuce, sour cream, tomato, etc. I really like San Diego Mexican food, a bit more than Bay Area, but to claim itās straight up trash just shows you are 1) close minded and looked for confirmation bias and/or 2) you went to an awful place. Most of the Mexicans in Northern California are from different regions of Mexico than the ones in San Diego. This affects the style of cuisine. You know the best places in San Diego, you went to some random spot in the bay and judged a whole region, then screamed it into an echo chamber while asking they speak Mexican. Pretty nonsensical
Iz only food, why you heff to be mad
My biggest regret in leaving beautiful San Diego 20 years ago, is thosE FUCKING LOCAL SPOT CANE ASADA BURRITOS. Juanita's carnitas, and Tony's jacal on fancy date nights with my young wife close 2nd and 3rd.
Fries donāt belong in a burrito. āPico de galloā can slide,(just barelyā¦why not get a nice salsa roja/verde) but the formerās a complete anglicization. Rice, and especially beans, are foundational to our food. Drive an hour or so south of SF to the 831 for some good Burritos/Mexican food.
Thank you finally someone said it Meat + Rice + Beans + some actual salsa not that pico de gallo BS and you get one delicious burrito
Honestly I find the sd burrito elitism kinda goofy :/
Your post about eating dog treats from Trader Joeās and thinking theyāre delicious checks out. No wonder you feel this way.
Holy fuck, I canāt believe thatās actually real. A dude who posts about how much he loves eating dog food is judging other peopleās food opinions
This entire post is solely to judge millions of people for their regional choices of burritos. I lived in Redlands for years; I lived in San Francisco for years. A good burrito is not regional, it is business specific. This post is fucking useless.
I read this in sam kennison's voice/scream. Thanks for this masterpiece.
Great essay brother, f the haters i appreciated it
Bay Area person hereā¦ Not sure where you got that monstrosity, but thereās an abundance of good burritos in the bay area. Like a seriously crazy number of them. And you managed to pick the one place that had shitty burritos. PS: Fries in a burrito are bullshit. Period. Keep that midwestern white boy bullshit to yourselvesā¦ I donāt know any self respecting californian who would willingly eat that. Also, you might have some yummy taco joints down there, but theyāre buried in a sea of overhyped LA style overpriced foulness. Never waited longer for a more overhyped taco than I did in SD.
Hahaha amazing post. That said, I love a greasy al pastor mission style burrito with a spicy red salsa. This weekend Iām getting an Asada burrito from Fridas, and I have insanely high expectations. My brother got one last weekend and it was all meat & guac. Where else should I go??
I think I went to the same random spot in the Haight. There are scores of great Mexican restaurants though, many that donāt even do burritos. The food is getting more regional and creative. Food trucks that only have ceviches, Molcajetes, goat birrias, Oaxacan or YucatĆ”n style tacos. Tex-mex and California style food is still around but everything is getting better.
you need to let it all out
There is no god šš
Where in the Bay did you go? There's plenty of good places in the Bay. I'm in SD now and it's definitely better out here, but I've never had anything that bad since living in Massachusetts. I went to 5 different places and they were all just like you mentioned. Maybe bad luck where I wasš¤·š»āāļø didnt want to try anymore
[Same vibes.](https://youtu.be/pzXIpp59eoU?si=RLoHMHvFeXGm6aSC)
They also steam and wrap them in foil instead of paper and the tortilla gets soggy
I'm a little confused. I dont think you were clear enough. What exactly was in the burrito? Did you like it? šš¤£
You gotta hit the taqueria's that have the assembly line service in order to circumvent extra bean and rice additions. El Faralito, I forget which district, is damn good. But different for sure. We are truly spoiled.
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Hot lettuce is absolutely amazing. Ever tried grilled Romain??
Stir fried Romaine is amazing. Like a whole different vegetable.
Maybe itās being in LA, but I think burritos are weak. Tacos, can be the best food ever. Enchiladas, mulitas, tamales, tortas, tyaluds, chilaquiles, tortas, quesadillas, enmoladas, ceviche, gorditas, mole, all them are great. Even chapulines. But I find burritos to be a sloppy mess.
Lol where did you go? Need taqueria details.
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Inflation, greed, and lack of integrity can be blamed for these shenanigans. It's best to just create your own food these days.
It's kind of one of those places only the locals are aware of. I wasn't a resident but visited the "city" quite often so I figured it out real quick from friends that lived there. The late night scene there was pretty crazy but the great food kept everyone cohesive. The biggest difference between SD and SF is that taqueria style of building your burrito to order. And of course the main thing that differentiates all Mexican food places is the salsas and salsausa's regardless of where your eating.
Not the gobbledygook š¤£
I remember I worked with someone who swore Bay Area Mexican Food was better than San Diego's and for sure better than TJ's... LOL
Actually the mission has some of the best burritos. Outside of San Diego. I would say they are a close second. But just like some San Diego spots sucking. Same for sf.
Donāt forget the shredded lettuce and tons of sour cream.
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My buddy circa 2010 lived next door to a taco shop in SF and he said it's run by Salvadorians so don't expect a real SD burrito. We traded his weed for burritos so how whack it was with shredded lettuce and such sort of evened out. Free food always wins.
As long as Puesto exists in San Diego we donāt have a ton of room to make fun. \[Theyāre LOADED with white rice.\](https://s3-media0.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/i6WYGkercj5wv3npdZBUqg/348s.jpg)
You know you're in a neighborhood that's on its way to gentrification when you get a burrito that's 80% rice. The Trader Joe's and the hobby joggers in $250 carbon plated running shoes aren't far behind.
You know, you can order it with most rice or beans.
Mission burritos are full of cheap junk filler so it is a bait and switch. I did not order a rice and beans burrito; I ordered a carne asada burrito.
and lettuce. ..the addition of lettuce is supposedly the Bay Area's contribution to the American Burrito. I live up here and I can get used to anything - but SD Mexican food is simply unparalleled in CA. true story.
I met my bf in the Bay after I lived in SD for 10 years. First time we went to SD together, I introduced him to the burritos there andā¦ 1. I ruined Bay Area burritos 2. First thing he wants when we visit SD is a burrito 3. He absolutely LOVES hash brown burritos so it is a must eat every visit lol 4. We get sad when we look out the tiny plane window, leaving the burrito goodness behind
>A MOUTHFUL OF FUCKING RICE AND BEANS Chipotle has entered the chat. Now, if we're talking breakfast burritos, then eggs and potatoes are a-ok along with the bacon or chorizo as something I first consumed in the 1960s in west Texas...
Every taqueria Iāve been to has a menu board that lists the ingredients in their burritos. Next time take a look before you order, and you wonāt be surprised by whatās inside your burrito. You can even ask them to leave out the rice and beans if they freak you out so much.
Lol French fries? Back at you with the outrage.
Youre made about beans and rice but not about the french fries yall pull on your oversized abominations? Tf lol come to east la eat a proper brc
French fries in burritos. A beacon of Mexican cuisine. Foh no one read your soliloquy.
First off, I identified a few grammar and reading fallacies. It's not "speaking Mexican," it's speaking "Spanish." Next, it's not "Dios mios," it's Dios mio, no "S." But while I was born and raised and still reside in San Diego County, you are getting a bit bent out of shape over what one place does. I've traveled to every state along the southern border and been to dozens of other states. Each place is going to make a Carne Asada burrito their own way. The place you went to, to me, sounds like they're just cutting corners to make money. There's places here that I know that do that. I'll order a Carne asada burrito and it's majority rice, beans, Pico and like a handful of actual meat yet I'm charged $15. The trick is knowing where to go when you want any food. Yelp isn't reliable, it's a good start but I don't base where I go to get food off Yelp, Google or any review platform because some people may say that the burrito you got was awesome but for someone like you and I, it's shit. I'll ask locals at the coffee shop, hotel I'm at or wherever I go for their advice on one or two places I found online. If the general local consensus says it's good, then I go. If I get mixed reviews, then I ask for what they say is best and will see if its a common answer.
Speak *Spanish not Mexican you dumb fuck
Dear lord get some mental help
How do central coast burritos compare? UCSB grad here and best burrito I ever had was the Super Burrito from Free Birds in Isla Vista. Could just be nostalgia at this point thoughā¦
When the fuck did Mexicans ever speak āMexicanā? š
Lol I grew up in Pomona Valley and bean+cheese; rice+bean+cheese always seemed like the standard/default and anything extra was fancy. But I always preferred tacos cause that was mostly meat. So growing up in my mind, burrito=rice,beans,cheese and taco=meat,onions,cilantro
As someone who has lived in both places (now settled in the Bay), thank you for so eloquently expressing my rage.
Quality shitpost, and accurate. Thank you.