The Alameda-Weehawken Burrito Tunnel (2007)(idlewords.com)
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If you do this, maybe make something like the guy who ate every slice of pizza in manhattan?
https://www.vice.com/en/article/kbx3vv/this-man-ate-every-sl...
http://www.sliceharvester.com/
other good domain names available:
burrito.is
burrito.inc
burrito.
burrito.engineering
burrito.guru
burrito.center
burrito.services
burrito.technology
burrito.reviews
burrito.catering
burrito.services
burrito.supply
burrito.builders
burrito.zone
https://www.vice.com/en/article/kbx3vv/this-man-ate-every-sl...
http://www.sliceharvester.com/
other good domain names available:
burrito.is
burrito.inc
burrito.
burrito.engineering
burrito.guru
burrito.center
burrito.services
burrito.technology
burrito.reviews
burrito.catering
burrito.services
burrito.supply
burrito.builders
burrito.zone
While personally trying every burrito is quite a compelling thought, I was actually thinking of making it more of a crowdsourced effort, where people can submit ratings. Kinda like a hyper-focused version of yelp.
See also Burrito Eater, who ate and reviewed 1000 burritos in SF: https://burritoeater.com/faq.php
Can't find a way to sort the slice ranking... what's the best slice?!
Sadly, there's nothing at burri.to but the name is taken
More importantly, where do I get a breakfast taco in California?
The fact that my pre-Covid early morning business trips from Austin to San Diego used to have me delivering a boatload of breakfast tacos from the Austin airport shows that there is an untapped market.
The fact that my pre-Covid early morning business trips from Austin to San Diego used to have me delivering a boatload of breakfast tacos from the Austin airport shows that there is an untapped market.
> delivering a boatload of breakfast tacos from the Austin airport
Ah yes, the lesser-known cousin of the Alameda-Weehawken Burrito Tunnel, the Austin-Bergstrom Breakfast Taco Canal
Ah yes, the lesser-known cousin of the Alameda-Weehawken Burrito Tunnel, the Austin-Bergstrom Breakfast Taco Canal
Actually, it was mostly the Austin-San Jose Salt Lick Loop. :)
When we did some work for 3DO, the 3DO guys always had to come back to San Jose with something like 20 pounds of Salt Lick brisket that they would put in carry on.
I can't imagine what you had to do to clean that smell out of the overhead compartments.
When we did some work for 3DO, the 3DO guys always had to come back to San Jose with something like 20 pounds of Salt Lick brisket that they would put in carry on.
I can't imagine what you had to do to clean that smell out of the overhead compartments.
Best I’ve found are the ones at Homestate in LA: https://www.myhomestate.com/
>the quickest route between two points is along a straight line through the Earth’s interior.
Not true, it's a hypocycloid curve.
https://demonstrations.wolfram.com/SphereWithTunnelBrachisto...
Not true, it's a hypocycloid curve.
https://demonstrations.wolfram.com/SphereWithTunnelBrachisto...
Only if there is no propulsion and whatever goes through the tunnel exclusively relies on gravity.
Meta question, apologies:
I submitted this exact link 20 days ago, and I've noticed several other precisely duplicate submissions recently. Meanwhile, sometimes I go to submit a link and I'm not allowed because there was a previous submission almost a year(!) ago. Just what the heck are the rules here?
I submitted this exact link 20 days ago, and I've noticed several other precisely duplicate submissions recently. Meanwhile, sometimes I go to submit a link and I'm not allowed because there was a previous submission almost a year(!) ago. Just what the heck are the rules here?
Email the mods and ask this question. They won’t see it here and they’d take the time to consider and reply if you did.
in seriousness, I'm hoping people will comment here with the best places to get a mission burrito in NYC
what I really want to know is the best place to get a san diego burrito in SF.
Key differentiators:
- no fillers (no rice, no beans; beans acceptable in breakfast burritos)
- generous portions of meats
- chicken that is finished by grilling on the grill, not ropa-style pulled straight out of a dewey plastic bin
- wrap that is toasted
- wax paper wrap instead of foil (lets the burrito breathe instead of becoming damp and gooey). Also avoids the danger of accidentally biting into the foil and getting that delicious aluminium flavor.
- salsa roja cremosa
Key differentiators:
- no fillers (no rice, no beans; beans acceptable in breakfast burritos)
- generous portions of meats
- chicken that is finished by grilling on the grill, not ropa-style pulled straight out of a dewey plastic bin
- wrap that is toasted
- wax paper wrap instead of foil (lets the burrito breathe instead of becoming damp and gooey). Also avoids the danger of accidentally biting into the foil and getting that delicious aluminium flavor.
- salsa roja cremosa
Yes please. I grew up in and came back to Northern California but San Diego has better Mexican food and we don’t talk about it enough. I uncharitably claim that San Francisco seems to have a reputation for awesome Mexican food more from visitors from New York and other places outside the state who don’t know better. I miss midnight burritos from Cotixan’s something fierce. I haven’t found anything comparable up here since moving back, after years of trying. I have resigned myself to an admittedly still solid mission style burrito or just sneaking over to the taco side of the menu to bypass the burrito feelings.
Don’t get me wrong, there’s some good places up here for other aspects of Mexican and Mexican adjacent food, but I dearly miss San Diego style burritos and haven’t found a replacement.
Don’t get me wrong, there’s some good places up here for other aspects of Mexican and Mexican adjacent food, but I dearly miss San Diego style burritos and haven’t found a replacement.
Don't know how long it's been since you were there but IMO vallarta's across the street from coti has basically surpassed coti's. I would say it's like 25% better.
I think just about all of these are achievable except for the wax paper on which it's probably simplest to just recognize they are doing it wrong in San Diego.
Why is wax paper wrong? The only possible advantage to foil is that if you don't eat it all it's marginally easier to take home.
As for the other criteria. You say it's achievable but I challenge you to find a place in SF. I seriously was on a four year quest to find such a place. There are a few places that come close on like two or three criteria - EBX on divis and chandos in... Sacramento, come close, (except for the foil, which is universal), but otherwise it's just not as good.
As for the other criteria. You say it's achievable but I challenge you to find a place in SF. I seriously was on a four year quest to find such a place. There are a few places that come close on like two or three criteria - EBX on divis and chandos in... Sacramento, come close, (except for the foil, which is universal), but otherwise it's just not as good.
Why is wax paper wrong?
If you have to ask, etc...
Somewhat more seriously, I think an aspect of California food is that it's highly regional and it ends up being a bit of a fool's errand expecting it to be replicated precisely out-of-region.
It's bizarre you can't get a structurally integral burrito south of San Jose, never mind Weehawken, and I'm equally bewildered, as an adoptive Northern Californian, that foil could possibly be such a point of contention.
The only possible advantage to foil is that if you don't eat it all it's marginally easier to take home.
I can only assume that San Diegans take their burritos home far too sober. Surely that can't be true. We have to get to the bottom of this.
If you have to ask, etc...
Somewhat more seriously, I think an aspect of California food is that it's highly regional and it ends up being a bit of a fool's errand expecting it to be replicated precisely out-of-region.
It's bizarre you can't get a structurally integral burrito south of San Jose, never mind Weehawken, and I'm equally bewildered, as an adoptive Northern Californian, that foil could possibly be such a point of contention.
The only possible advantage to foil is that if you don't eat it all it's marginally easier to take home.
I can only assume that San Diegans take their burritos home far too sober. Surely that can't be true. We have to get to the bottom of this.
Hello, kindred spirit. I grew up in San Diego but have lived in the Bay for almost 30 years. I still can't enjoy a Mission-style burrito. You've articulated the key reasons why.
The answer to your question is, you can't get what you're looking for in SF, but if you're willing to drive for nearly an hour, you will find the burrito of your dreams at Adalberto's in Fairfield.
The answer to your question is, you can't get what you're looking for in SF, but if you're willing to drive for nearly an hour, you will find the burrito of your dreams at Adalberto's in Fairfield.
Thank you for recommending Adalberto's! It was a bit of a drive but indeed, it is the closest I’ve found!
Can I bribe some enterprising Peruvians with a chicken shop into making one of these for me?
“No fillers”
Go for the real thing - tacos. Forget burritos. They’re universally subpar.
Go for the real thing - tacos. Forget burritos. They’re universally subpar.
I felt that way until I experienced a super fresh flour tortilla the first time.
more of a taco guy, but...
calexico, dos toros, oaxaca
the morelos empire: 2nd and a, north 6 and bedford, grand and graham (edit: they had/have a storefront in the east village, don't remember where now but near superiority burger i believe)
also there's supposedly some legit birria trucks about, but i have not tried them. and, i don't know if anyone closed due to the pandemic.
calexico, dos toros, oaxaca
the morelos empire: 2nd and a, north 6 and bedford, grand and graham (edit: they had/have a storefront in the east village, don't remember where now but near superiority burger i believe)
also there's supposedly some legit birria trucks about, but i have not tried them. and, i don't know if anyone closed due to the pandemic.
Dos Toros burritos are not great (though to be fair you said tacos), I wish people would stop recommending it.
I spent years looking for a good Mission burrito in New York City, and never found it. Lots of good food, but every burrito was Tex-Mex or San Diego style or some such. Also, I never found a place with real al pastor; it was always grilled.
I spent years looking for a good Mission burrito in New York City, and never found it. Lots of good food, but every burrito was Tex-Mex or San Diego style or some such. Also, I never found a place with real al pastor; it was always grilled.
oh you mean like one of those middle eastern style rotating meat machines with pineapple?
i think morelos had one of those. someone in new york does, i remember because that's when i got into al pastor.
i think morelos had one of those. someone in new york does, i remember because that's when i got into al pastor.
Exactly. Wish I’d found them!
Good to see Dos Toros on the list, I know one of the founders. Used to play shows with his band in the Bay Area in the early 2000s!
LOL
for the uninitiated: dos toros was started by the (bassist?) of third eye blind. it was modeled after the classic sf taqueria gordo. some of the shops have pictures of gordo on the wall.
what band did you play in?
for the uninitiated: dos toros was started by the (bassist?) of third eye blind. it was modeled after the classic sf taqueria gordo. some of the shops have pictures of gordo on the wall.
what band did you play in?
Hah! So the bassist was only a touring bassist for Third Eye Blind after the dissolution of his original band, the criminally underrated "The KGB," (not to be confused with the likely hundred other bands with the same name) which is how I knew him.
I played in a basically unknown Bay Area band called Red Lantern.
I played in a basically unknown Bay Area band called Red Lantern.
I was totally with them until this bit: "The burritos already came conveniently wrapped in aluminum foil - it would be trivial to accelerate them with powerful magnets."
It turns out, they use a variation on the transparent aluminum referenced in "Star Trek, the Voyage Home", which can be magnetized or not, based on control from the tricorder.
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Have been working on a side project for it and would love a partner to build with. I already have the domain name for it (nycburritos.com)