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June 21, 2017

Urbano Latino - PERMANENTLY CLOSED

Details:
  • Rating: 6.34
  • Order: Wet Burrito - $16.00
  • Meat: Carne Asada - 7
  • Beans: Pinto - 8
  • Rice: 10
  • Guacamole: Yes - 6
  • Crema: 5
  • Salsa: Yes - 7
  • Tortilla: 7
  • Cheese: 9
  • Size: 9
  • Taste: 7
Description:
Pretty big wet burrito, so it was weird eating with a fork and knife. There was a lot of meat in it and it had a good char flavor. But it was a bit dry and not super flavorful beyond the char. The rice was very good (achiote). Beans were good for pinto beans. Guac, salsa and crema were on top along with the red sauce. They were all fine but nothing spectacular. Overall the ingredients weren't amazing, but it was nice and juicy and had the right amount of each one.

Other Notes:

Nicer sit down restaurant.

May 27, 2017

Street Taco

Details:
  • Rating: 5.27
  • Order: Super Burrito - $9.95
  • Meat: Al Pastor - 7
  • Beans: Refried - 8
  • Rice: 4
  • Guacamole: Yes - 3
  • Crema: 1
  • Salsa: Yes - 5
  • Tortilla: 3
  • Cheese: 7
  • Size: 5
  • Taste: 6
Description:
Definitely a gringo style restaurant in the Haight. It had nopales though. Burrito was normal sized. Pastor was pretty good, I also tried the carne asada (just a piece) and it was a little better. The burrito was too heavy on rice and beans. The beans were good, but the rice was lacking flavor. The guac was almost nonexistent and the crema was terrible. It dripped out of a hole in the side and tasted like nothing. The burrito also broke by the end and was not wrapped well. I don't even remember there being salsa in it. Overall the burrito was decent and besides the crema nothing in it was bad at all. But it lacked any real wow factor and there wasn't enough meat to really taste it.

Other Notes:

3 types of salsa.

April 30, 2017

Taqueria Guadalajara

Details:
  • Rating: 6.99
  • Order: Super Burrito - $8.95
  • Meat: Carne Asada - 8
  • Beans: Pinto - 4
  • Rice: 8
  • Guacamole: Avocado - 7
  • Crema: 7
  • Salsa: Yes - 8
  • Tortilla: 7
  • Cheese: 6
  • Size: 6
  • Taste: 7.25
Description:
Burrito had grilled tortilla. Medium size. First half of the burrito was very good. It had lots of crema and a good amount of avo. Salsa was a fresh chunky pico. Carne asada was plentiful and large pieces with great flavor and medium char. Rice was pretty good. I didn't ask for refried beans, but they just put pinto in and they weren't great. The bottom half of the burrito was heavily rice and beans so it was not as good. Overall pretty good. Salsas weren't great, but they had them which was nice (spicy avo salsa was pretty good), and they gave free chips.

Other Notes:

Comes with chips and salsa bar.

March 25, 2017

Picante

Details:
  • Rating: 4.13
  • Order: Super Burrito - $9.40
  • Meat: Al Pastor - 2
  • Beans: Refried - 2
  • Rice: 7
  • Guacamole: Yes - 4
  • Crema: No
  • Salsa: No
  • Tortilla: 4
  • Cheese: 4
  • Size: 5
  • Taste: 4
Description:
Sit down type restaurant. Burrito was medium sized. Al pastor was very bad. It was large chunks and had lots of big pieces of pure fat. Also had very little flavor. The rest of the burrito was basically just mush. The rice was pretty good, but the other ingredients were liquidy and not very good. Reminded me of La Taq sort of. Not much redeeming about this burrito, but it wasn't the worst one ever.

Other Notes:

4 types of salsa.

March 4, 2017

Taco Negris

Details:
  • Rating: 8.46
  • Order: Super Burrito - $7.00
  • Meat: Carne Asada - 9
  • Beans: Refried - 8
  • Rice: 6
  • Guacamole: Avocado - 7
  • Crema: 7
  • Salsa: No
  • Tortilla: 9
  • Cheese: 10
  • Size: 7
  • Taste: 9
Description:
On the larger side. Tortilla was grilled, but still was nice and soft. The meat was the best I've had and there was a lot of it. Not overcooked, perfectly charred, good char flavor, perfectly seasoned. There was also a lot of cheese in it which was nice. Overall the burrito was extremely juicy and not dry at all. It could have used more rice and beans and crema, but that is a small complaint. The avo would've been good as guac. Also had nice onions and cilantro in it. A few things could have made it better, but it was a bomb burrito.

Other Notes:

Assortment of hot sauces (no salsa).

January 29, 2017

Taqueria Los Coyotes

Details:
  • Rating: 6.05
  • Order: Super Burrito - $8.50
  • Meat: Carne Asada - 5
  • Beans: Pinto - 5
  • Rice: 6
  • Guacamole: Yes - 6
  • Crema: 4
  • Salsa: No
  • Tortilla: 4
  • Cheese: No
  • Size: 7
  • Taste: 6.5
Description:
I think the burrito was pretty good. Medium to large size. I was drunk so I really can't remember all the details, but it tasted pretty good. I remember it being pretty juicy. The meat probably wasn't great. The salsa bar was pretty good.

Other Notes:

Good salsa bar.

January 22, 2017

Chipotle

Details:
  • Rating: 4.44
  • Order: Burrito - $8.25
  • Meat: Steak
  • Beans: Black
  • Guacamole: No
  • Salsa: Yes
  • Rating: 4.44
  • Order: Super Burrito - $8.25
  • Meat: Steak - 4
  • Beans: Black - 2
  • Rice: 4
  • Guacamole: No
  • Crema: 3
  • Salsa: Yes - 4
  • Tortilla: 2
  • Cheese: 4
  • Size: 9
  • Taste: 4
Description:
Large burrito. Overall it tastes not terrible. But nothing about it is good. The rice is white and bad (but the cilantro in it is good). The steak is flavorless and very tough and not much of it. The beans were undercooked and hard with no flavor. The salsa/pico are pretty good. Lettuce is old and wilty, shredded cheese was ok. Tortilla was cold and poorly wrapped. Foil didn't even cover the burrito...

Other Notes:

N/A