“Emerging sub-culture”?
My ass.
I’ve been chowing down on burritos for a very long time, along with many others.
And in my day, it was hard to come by in Boston. I remember when Anna’s Taqueria opened, just before we moved out of town. It was close to work and I’d sometimes pick a set up for the family on the way home. Back then, my boy would share with us. Now he can eat more than one Super.
Every time I’m out in San Francisco, I make sure to pick up a burrito. I have my regular places, but I like the random one I might run across. Of course, I also head to the Mission.
When I was in grad school, out in Amherst, there was a tiny burrito place in Northampton called La Veracruzana. The owner was a hard-working bugger, from El Salvador, I think. Dang, my wife was there every day (I think I would never have married her if she didn’t like rice and beans). In short time, La Veracruzana crossed the street to a bigger and brighter place. Eh, the food was still great, but it lost some of that scrappy, desperate feel.
Boston.com tested a sampling of burritos from around town. There were a few names new to me. Looks like they preferred Anna’s. Now, why they didn’t get a burrito from Forest Cafe in Cambridge, beats me.
Link: Burrito panelists judge local chains’ burritos – Boston.com:
There is an emerging subculture dedicated to the unique and varied delights of the burrito, that most egalitarian of foods, which provides your protein group, your tortilla group, and your salsa group, usually for less than six bucks.
