Best Burrito Place in Town [Poll Updated]

Huge queue outside LAB, Dawson Street today - they were giving out free burritos as an opening offer. Unfortunately the offer was between 1 and 2 today so deal over

Little Ass is very tasty, particularly the pork one. It's kind of different to Pablo's and Boojum though, so might not be to everyone's taste. The nachos there are delicious as well. I went to get a free one at lunch time today but it was wedged. I'll probably head over later and pay for one instead.

Boojum has a decent hot/spicy salsa which is key for a tasty and authentic burrito. Little Ass was pretty good as well. Tolteca and Pablo were OK in my opinion. None in Dublin were as consistent and bursting with Mexican flavor as the ones I ate while living in San Francisco.

However I don't understand how Burrito & Blues gets good reviews on Yelp. They use a mashed bean spread (and barely any of it) instead of piling on real pinto or black beans. Beans are an essential ingredient and not a condiment like mayo!

The other key for me is to use an extra large tortilla shell, tightly wrapped, and with not too much liquid, so the burrito does not drip or disintegrate towards the bottom.

One more tip: I would love to see a burrito bar that has a Salsa Bar. That was you can pick up little cups of extra and varied kinds of salsa to top off as you eat. Works for the chips & salsa ordering too!

ScottSF wrote: »

Boojum has a decent hot/spicy salsa which is key for a tasty and authentic burrito. Little Ass was pretty good as well. Tolteca and Pablo were OK in my opinion. None in Dublin were as consistent and bursting with Mexican flavor as the ones I ate while living in San Francisco.

However I don't understand how Burrito & Blues gets good reviews on Yelp. They use a mashed bean spread (and barely any of it) instead of piling on real pinto or black beans. Beans are an essential ingredient and not a condiment like mayo!

The other key for me is to use an extra large tortilla shell, tightly wrapped, and with not too much liquid, so the burrito does not drip or disintegrate towards the bottom.

One more tip: I would love to see a burrito bar that has a Salsa Bar. That was you can pick up little cups of extra and varied kinds of salsa to top off as you eat. Works for the chips & salsa ordering too!

I never had a good burrito north of LA tbh. I'm a big fan of boojum because it's like the places I went when I was in San Diego and LA. Of course if you're going to be in southern Arizona you have to skip the burrito and go for Mexican hot dogs.

Hi OP can you put the street names after the restaurant names - i only know where one of them is. Will try the others out. Thanks.

This may interest all you burrito lovers out there.

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Paparazzo wrote: »

Never been there, but is that not just refried beans? I love refried beans, always get a side order of them in Azteca.

I suppose they could be considered refried beans and if it is perfectly OK with me to offer that option. But I think their black beans are also refried which I've never seen done before. Refried is typically pinto beans.

Regardless, for me the beans (whole or refried) must be of a similar quantity (volume) as the meat and not just spread lightly on the tortilla with a spatula. That was my experience the one time I went to B&B. A large dollop should be plopped on top of the rice.

I found this amusing quote from Wikipedia on what is a "San Francisco" burrito which helps explain my preference

A successful large burrito depends on an understanding of the outer limit of potential burrito volume, correct steam hydration, proper wrapping/folding technique, and assuring that excess liquid has been removed from the burrito ingredients prior to inclusion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_burrito

Had a burrito at Burritos and Blues yesterday. (At least I think that is what it was called. It's on Camden St, just down from Flannerys pub)

Complete and utter shyte ! I hate an overstuffed burrito that falls apart when you bite into it. Dude behind the counter put way too much of everything in to it, even though I specifically said "just a small bit of....".

Don't know if he couldn't hear me (door was open so traffic noise was very loud) or didn't understand me, but it certainly wasn't made the way I like it. Then he squeezed a $hit load of a watery red sauce on it. The whole thing was a wet, soggy mess by the time I sat down at the table. It fell apart after just one bite. Had to eat the damm thing with a fork. Gav up after 5 mins as the whole thing was stone cold from all the sauce it was swimming in.

Man, I sooooo miss Willie's and Moe's burritos in Atlanta. They are masters of making a burrito that is able to marry the hot/cold and the wet/dry ingredients in a way that is hot, flavourful, yummy and most importantly, able to stay in one piece as you eat it. This ain't exactly rocket science stuff folks !

Dont' know if anyone mentioned that place but Cafe Azteca on Lord Edward st. does some pretty filling foot long burritos! And it appears to be owned by an authentic mexican chef!

http://www.azteca.ie/

Right, so I decided to give Pablo Picante's another go.

Was much nicer this time around, it was like a completely different place than the last 2 times that I was in.

The burrito had a nice taste, the limes were fresh and the chipotle was nice.

That said the burritos were small and pricey and yesterday when the girlfriend and I were walking by there we felt like burritos but ended up walking all the way to boojum instead.

Anyone tried Mama's Revenge on Nassau Street?

Went there on Monday, had the lamb, was delicious, the wraps are quite thin although we were eating in and they served the burritos on plates. They decorated the top with a very mild salsa and cream. Pricey.

TL;DR delicious, pricey.