Palum
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I mean as far as Mexican goes I don't know anyone who did the assembly line burrito thing before them. I don't think they invented the cafeteria service counter idea.
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Khane
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Alright so you meant specifically burrito/tex mex. I'm with you now. I thought you just meant a made to order counter for food in general.
BrutulTM
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Chipotle style burritos were originally called "mission burritos" because they originated in the Mission District in San Francisco in the 60's. Chipotle and all of their clones took the concept nationwide many years later.
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Xevy
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I think he means the Subway style of assembling your burrito layer by layer in front of you. We had a chain called Qdoba do it before Chipotle did around here and I'm sure there's a lot of others that did that. Chipotle was just the Starbuckiest version of that.
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TJT
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When I lived in Santa Cruz this is how I got them. I've never been to an assembly line burrito place other than Chipotle and it's clones.
This place was my absolute favorite burrito shop in California. I went here like once a week for almost the entire time I lived in the area. They had really good carnitas, and this place is as Mexican as it gets.
Menu — Papá Chano's
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BrutulTM
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It's the assembly, the rice, the big ass tortilla that's been steamed to make it stretch, and the aluminum foil around the outside.
Mrs. Gravy
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Poutine at Main and Mill (Festus, Mo) worth the calories, not the best ever, but pretty good.
Plus, beer flight, yum.
Plus, beer flight, yum.
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Used to be a place down here that had a Duck Fat Poutine that was incredible, I miss it very much.
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I lived briefly in Quebec, and across the street from my house was a place called "The Golden Potato" (La Patate dorée). Their deep friers were full of lard, not vegetable oil. It was a total hole in the wall, but their poutine was world class. I had way to much of it, I'm sure I shortened my life. But good poutine with perfectly cooked and crispy fries, perfect gravy, and true cheese curd (not so common in the US)... to die for.
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Aldarion
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Don't get me wrong. California burritos were great, I ate the hell out of those things when I lived out there.When I lived in Santa Cruz this is how I got them. I've never been to an assembly line burrito place other than Chipotle and it's clones.
This place was my absolute favorite burrito shop in California. I went here like once a week for almost the entire time I lived in the area. They had really good carnitas, and this place is as Mexican as it gets.
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Menu — Papá Chano's
I just always laughed at them and wondered why they didnt just make two normal sized burritos instead.
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BrutulTM
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When I moved from Arizona to California the rice thing really threw me but it grew on me over time. The burritos in Phoenix were just as huge though and almost all meat. I have no idea how they could sell a burrito the size of your head that was 90% beef for $4 even in the late 90's. If there was one restaurant I could teleport from Arizona to my home town it would definitely be Filliberto's, even though the Carne Asada burrito is $11 now instead of $4.
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