La Taqueria Is Proof That San Francisco Has Better Burritos Than L. A. Dining on a Dime
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Date: 2020-05-20
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Mark
I used to go there all the time in the late 70's through mid 80's. Born and raised in SF. This video might be what they are now, but not back then. They look half the size. Mine always came with rice and beans - maybe I ordered it that way. The tortilla steamers were different. Like many other mission style burrito places in SF. The key is to water down the sour cream and guacamole, add ingredients, wrap in foil then put it back in the steamer and pump it (that's the way they used to steam them) so all the flavors blended together into the tortilla. It became very popular back then. Not my favorite though. Just convenient. SF does have better burritos than L. A. where I've been living for 30 years but I'll have to try the SD burritos since others recommend them. But a burritio need to be steamed or its not Mission Style.
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I used to go there all the time in the late 70's through mid 80's. Born and raised in SF. This video might be what they are now, but not back then. They look half the size. Mine always came with rice and beans - maybe I ordered it that way. The tortilla steamers were different. Like many other mission style burrito places in SF. The key is to water down the sour cream and guacamole, add ingredients, wrap in foil then put it back in the steamer and pump it (that's the way they used to steam them) so all the flavors blended together into the tortilla. It became very popular back then. Not my favorite though. Just convenient. SF does have better burritos than L. A. where I've been living for 30 years but I'll have to try the SD burritos since others recommend them. But a burritio need to be steamed or its not Mission Style.
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IKNOK
I've had La Taqueria and was not impressed. Meat lacks seasoning like it was just boiled in salt (honestly that's most spots in the Bay Area. Overcompensated on other ingredients like guacamole and sour cream (not even Mexican crema. Cost 10/13! And tacos had beans in them that cost 5/8! Not worth it. At random LA street pop-ups and trucks, bomb burritos are 6 with better authentic meat selection. Even San Diego does better burritos than SF. If I wanted a gringo burrito that tasted just like La Taqueria in LA I'd go to Chipotle, Poquito Mas, Chevy's, Hugo's, or anywhere in West Hollywood or the West Side like Tocaya. Please stop comparing. Nobody in SoCal is competing with up north for Mexican food - that's just ridiculous.
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I've had La Taqueria and was not impressed. Meat lacks seasoning like it was just boiled in salt (honestly that's most spots in the Bay Area. Overcompensated on other ingredients like guacamole and sour cream (not even Mexican crema. Cost 10/13! And tacos had beans in them that cost 5/8! Not worth it. At random LA street pop-ups and trucks, bomb burritos are 6 with better authentic meat selection. Even San Diego does better burritos than SF. If I wanted a gringo burrito that tasted just like La Taqueria in LA I'd go to Chipotle, Poquito Mas, Chevy's, Hugo's, or anywhere in West Hollywood or the West Side like Tocaya. Please stop comparing. Nobody in SoCal is competing with up north for Mexican food - that's just ridiculous.
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Joaquin
La taqueria is over priced, and not that great. There 5 dollar super taco is bomb, but not worth the price. Mexico never made burritos till it became popular in California. Los Angelas made them, but beans and rice always on the side. Now, on the flip side, San Francisco started to add the beans and rice inside the burrito, and was introduced to us by the one and only, El Farro, in S. F. Slowly but surely it started to become a California staple. I love Mexican food and it's history, especially California Mexican food. So, to be clear, if anyone should be talking about the introduction of burritos to cali. you have to speak to the founder of El Farro.
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La taqueria is over priced, and not that great. There 5 dollar super taco is bomb, but not worth the price. Mexico never made burritos till it became popular in California. Los Angelas made them, but beans and rice always on the side. Now, on the flip side, San Francisco started to add the beans and rice inside the burrito, and was introduced to us by the one and only, El Farro, in S. F. Slowly but surely it started to become a California staple. I love Mexican food and it's history, especially California Mexican food. So, to be clear, if anyone should be talking about the introduction of burritos to cali. you have to speak to the founder of El Farro.
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jamilmereck
i used to eat there with my mom as a child all the time. back then i hated it only becasue i'm super picky with meat in that it needs to be completely lean, no gristle, no fat, no tendon, etc. and my mom would always order me the carne asada, which is the type of meat most likely to have those things, so i would without fail get a nasty bite of tendon or whatever and it would ruin the meal for me. that peev sticks with me today and is rooted in memories of la taqueria. and to be fair, this problem would persist at ANY taqueria when i'd eat carne asada. BUT in my adulthood, i realize that's just the asada. everything else? ROCKS!
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i used to eat there with my mom as a child all the time. back then i hated it only becasue i'm super picky with meat in that it needs to be completely lean, no gristle, no fat, no tendon, etc. and my mom would always order me the carne asada, which is the type of meat most likely to have those things, so i would without fail get a nasty bite of tendon or whatever and it would ruin the meal for me. that peev sticks with me today and is rooted in memories of la taqueria. and to be fair, this problem would persist at ANY taqueria when i'd eat carne asada. BUT in my adulthood, i realize that's just the asada. everything else? ROCKS!
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Geraldito
I'm from LA, lived in San Francisco, Castro district, for a couple years, and I won't argue. SF has better SF style burritos. That said, the quality and quantity of LA taquerias and other types of Mexican restaurants means that LA wins as far as Mexican food in general goes. LA probably has the biggest selection of Mexican food outside Mexico city. San Francisco has SF style burritos and some good taquerias. LA has basically anything you could want from Mexico. Mexicans from LA or that have lived in LA, please give examples of Mexican food that you craved but couldn't find in LA
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I'm from LA, lived in San Francisco, Castro district, for a couple years, and I won't argue. SF has better SF style burritos. That said, the quality and quantity of LA taquerias and other types of Mexican restaurants means that LA wins as far as Mexican food in general goes. LA probably has the biggest selection of Mexican food outside Mexico city. San Francisco has SF style burritos and some good taquerias. LA has basically anything you could want from Mexico. Mexicans from LA or that have lived in LA, please give examples of Mexican food that you craved but couldn't find in LA
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Michael
I just don't agree. The Mexican stuff in LA is just better. The Mission-style burrito is stuffed with more fillers like rice and beans, but there's nothing better than a chile verde or chile rojo burrito from a Los Angeles burrito shop. At first I was taken aback by it because it has basically only meat and sauce (no cheese, no beans, no rice, no pico de gallo etc. etc) but while Chipotle does a pretty good rendition of a mission-style burrito (I would argue that Chipotle actually uses higher quality meat, there's nothing like chile verde/rojo burrito from LA.
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I just don't agree. The Mexican stuff in LA is just better. The Mission-style burrito is stuffed with more fillers like rice and beans, but there's nothing better than a chile verde or chile rojo burrito from a Los Angeles burrito shop. At first I was taken aback by it because it has basically only meat and sauce (no cheese, no beans, no rice, no pico de gallo etc. etc) but while Chipotle does a pretty good rendition of a mission-style burrito (I would argue that Chipotle actually uses higher quality meat, there's nothing like chile verde/rojo burrito from LA.
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ÄCHTUNGVOLK
Born in NYC, raised in AZ, lived in N. County SD for the past 4 years. Between LA, SF, and SD, If we are talking taco shops(a term inclusive of burritos, Its not even close. SD is the best. I went to this spot in SF last year. yes its very good, But SD has 5 of these every 2 blinks as you drive along, and for far less. Ive heard there are far better burritos in SF than this place, so Ill have to do more research. Props to Lucas. The other guy is straight buzzfeed cancer with his Photos and excessive observations/lectures of food to amazing chefs
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Born in NYC, raised in AZ, lived in N. County SD for the past 4 years. Between LA, SF, and SD, If we are talking taco shops(a term inclusive of burritos, Its not even close. SD is the best. I went to this spot in SF last year. yes its very good, But SD has 5 of these every 2 blinks as you drive along, and for far less. Ive heard there are far better burritos in SF than this place, so Ill have to do more research. Props to Lucas. The other guy is straight buzzfeed cancer with his Photos and excessive observations/lectures of food to amazing chefs
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Michelle
Love your show and how down to earth you are, Luca! No gimmicks, scripted lines, over-the-top-jokes. just the truth. Reminds me of one of my favorite C. S. Lewis quotes: Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it. Cheers!
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Love your show and how down to earth you are, Luca! No gimmicks, scripted lines, over-the-top-jokes. just the truth. Reminds me of one of my favorite C. S. Lewis quotes: Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it. Cheers!
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IKNOK
In the words of our late beloved Jonathan Gold, Bay Area residents tend to have peculiar ideas about burritos, which they regard as monstrous things wrapped in tinfoil, and filled with what would seem to be the contents of an entire margarita-mill dinner, including grilled meat, rice, beans, guacamole, tomatoes, salsa, sour cream, orange cheese, and probably a lot of other things that neither God nor man ever intended to see the inside of a tortilla
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In the words of our late beloved Jonathan Gold, Bay Area residents tend to have peculiar ideas about burritos, which they regard as monstrous things wrapped in tinfoil, and filled with what would seem to be the contents of an entire margarita-mill dinner, including grilled meat, rice, beans, guacamole, tomatoes, salsa, sour cream, orange cheese, and probably a lot of other things that neither God nor man ever intended to see the inside of a tortilla
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Kevin
Being from SF, moved to LA and SD. And now NYCSF burrito #1 El Farolito is my jam. Overall best mexican, el salvador and other LA is a hit or miss, not impressed. SD have some good ass Al Pastor Tacos (Tacos el Gordo. Burrito is so so, they mostly have rice and beans or surf and turf (From Lucha Libre. NYC. Nothing impressive here except the Chinese Latin food!
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Being from SF, moved to LA and SD. And now NYCSF burrito #1 El Farolito is my jam. Overall best mexican, el salvador and other LA is a hit or miss, not impressed. SD have some good ass Al Pastor Tacos (Tacos el Gordo. Burrito is so so, they mostly have rice and beans or surf and turf (From Lucha Libre. NYC. Nothing impressive here except the Chinese Latin food!
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