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Yelp
I don't really know what the hype is about. It was decent but not special based on my 4 pm Thursday visit. And the price for a single burrito with nothing on the side isn't great in my opinion.
It was quiet, and yet pleasant Latin music played from somewhere.
Employees were friendly and attentive enough, especially for a go order. If there'd been a tip jar I'd have left one, even for a go order.
However, I'd really prefer to see paper "to go boxes" instead of the typical styrofoam ones, and styrofoam isn't that much cheaper, but will keep releasing toxic chemicals while not turning into anything besides smaller and smaller pieces of (micro)plastics, unlike those made from thicker paper.
Yes, anything very saucy is going to eventually leak through the paper box maybe, but how long are you planning to keep your leftovers before eating them?
And I'd rather just put a plate under the box in the fridge for just in case there's slight leakage, instead of assumedly contributing more toxic plastic waste to all of our children and grandchildren and great grands (and beyond) to deal with.
Even a very small change becomes hugely significant, the more people do it. we see that with the current state of the plastic "island" waste in the ocean and microplastics being found EVERYWHERE after less than 100 years of growing plastic usage and waste, so we could see dramatic improvements in a short time as well, the more people do small manageable changes that build and grow with themselves and others around them.
I rarely eat out or eat convenience foods anymore, for example. And I wash, to hopefully effectively recycle, as many waste containers of all types as possible.
anyway, I got a burrito with shredded beef, and I liked that there were real beans in the burrito. But it was $9 for a burrito with meat, enough hot cheese to make it gooey, beans, and red sauce in a tortilla.
it tasted like fresh ingredients, but I could get fresh ingredients and more flavors and textures, besides primarily cheesy goo, at a mainstream chain my younger child likes.
I always prefer to try a local place first if practical, so I'm glad I did, but even if I ate out very often I'm not sure this would be my first choice. But it was good enough in the moment.
I'm realizing in hindsight also that I might have enjoyed the flavors and textures more of assumedly regular/ traditional tacos, but for $3 each for how small traditional tacos are, and how many it takes to equal a burrito filling your belly, or $12 plus for any kind of combo plate, I just didn't want to spend even a few dollars more.
A few dollars here and a few dollars there also makes a big difference, especially when it adds up, in some peoples lives more than others.
And I don't know if chips and salsa are a free appetizer when you eat in (many places serve those to snack on while you're waiting to get the food that you ordered), but for the inexpense of a few chips and a little salsa, I think it couldn't hurt to also ask go customers if they'd like a few chips, because I would've taken a few in the same go package. I'd have eaten them first and they'd have been easy to eat on the go. :-)
