Win Free Baja Fresh Before They Open on Tuesday

It looks like Manhattan’s first location of Baja Fresh (on Lexington btw. 45+46th) is set to open on Tuesday (5/26) as scheduled.  One of the owners emailed yesterday to invite me to sample their food, free, before they open.  Sadly for me though, I don’t take free food from places that I write about- and as tempting as it is to make an exception for this exciting occasion, I’d much prefer going on opening day and tasting the food like a regular customer. I want to try the food they serve to paying Midtown Lunchers… not the free stuff they’re giving to people they know are going to promote the place.

BUT… that doesn’t mean you can’t have the free food.  I asked the owner if I could give my slot away to one of my readers, and he agreed! In fact he said he’d be happy to give away spots to three Midtown Lunch readers (plus one guest each.)  So, if you’d like to try Baja Fresh for free this weekend, before they open to the public, just comment below why you think you deserve to win.  3 winners will be drawn randomly on Friday afternoon.  (And if you don’t win, I’ll see you there on Tuesday!)

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71 Comments

  • Pick me cuz I’m mexican, who else can truly judge the quality, like I can.

    I also liked Danny’s answer LOL!

  • I’ve never been to baja fresh so I should win! :D

  • If Mamacita wins, I officially retire from this site. Man, all of these answers are horrendous, just do a random drawing.

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    Because I injured my knee in a scooter accident two weekends ago and have a torn MCL and Baja Fresh would be a ray of cal-mex sunshine in my hobbily slow moving world?

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    Because I’m tall, fat, and the only way I can eat a burrito is when free chips come with it. And I have had to walk past the new Baja Fresh to and from work everyday since we found out it was coming on ML.

  • because the winner will be chosen at random.

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    Their ordering system is so confusing. WAY too many options. i need the advanced diner ticket to become a fully informed eater. RANDOM UNIVERSE PICK ME

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    I would love to win! I LOVE baja fresh & have been boycotting chipotle, qdoba and the like since I moved to NYC :( Given my rat sightings at local mexican places (palomos, etc) I have been suffering from a severe lack of guac and salsa verde. The carnitas are calling…and as a cute chica (what better advertising for baja fresh, right?) who ate at the baja fresh in dupont circle every day (sometimes twice) during my intern summers in DC…I would sincerely, sincerely cry at the sight of a yummy triple carnitas taco platter with guac & rice & beans…::sigh::

    p.s. i never win anything. EVER. thx ;)

  • Who wants Baja when you can get an authentic deep fried walgreens sandwich?

  • i can put aside my nyc-germophobe-communal-food issue for a free salsa bar!

  • Because whenever I think of Baja Fresh, I remember my very brief mall rat days around 7th-8th grade.

    And then, I also remember the first time I tried fresh guacamole and I was like, “WHAT? This isn’t anything like that stuff at Baja Fresh! Soooo much better.”

  • I’m half puerto rican which is almost mexican….

  • You should pick me, because a chain burrito on a Monday after 60 consecutive hours of boozing on the weekend will probably give me the runs.

    I’ll live blog my 1 hour commute home to Brooklyn, and let y’all know if I make it.

  • They are opening a Chipolte in the lobby of my office building and rather then go there as a quick go to lunch, maybe Baja Fresh can entice me as a repeate customer by providing healthy food and a reason to get out of the artificial light every so often by taking a walk, a somewhat long walk but a walk no less. PS. never had Baja Fresh, so if it is good, it should stand out easy.

  • Hey deep fried walgreens sandwich…have you ever considered topping yourself with whipped cream and rainbow sprinkles? Maybe that’ll get Zach to eat you…

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    Because I am the one who sent you all those wonderful pictures of the outside of restaurant for the website. -FB-

  • I am dying to find some decent, casual, reasonable Mexican food. I despise Burritoville (RIP) and chipotle is horrible–ask for extra meat/sauce just to get a normal portion, something that you might be able to taste over the ton of rice they stuff in. I’m a huge fan of Taco Bell–except in NYC, where every TB I’ve been to is overpriced, with undersized portions (for cheap TB food!), and the quality is significantly below that of the TBs that the rest of America enjoys. Besides, Zach has my curiosity and interest piqued (*not* “peaked”!!!) for Baja Fresh.

    And if I am selected, I volunteer to host a pre-tasting happy hour at my place with drinks that are far better than what the typical Manhattan watering hole will serve up.

  • Because baja fresh is the first place I look for when going to vegas or cali. I loves me some fried fish tacos.

  • Best answer gets no points… lol but I should win because I’m not in Midtown and will probably not be inclined to go otherwise… oh, and because I will certainly blog about the free food anyway so extra/more publicity for them. Yay!

  • bc if i dont win i will start my own blog bashing baja fresh.

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