Comments on: Flatiron Lunch: Great Burrito’s Tacos Are Better Than Their Burritos (Go Figure)

By: DocChuck09

DocChuck09 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:51:12 +0000

RE: Zach says, “I’m of the opinion that a fork and knife should never come within five feet of a burrito . . . ”

Spoken like a TRUE non-New Yawka!

Zach has only been free of the ‘wormy apple’ for a few weeks, and he is ALREADY learning an appreciation for civilized Southwestern cuisine, SANS the crap sold in New Yawk City under the pretense of “Texas” or “Southwestern” food.

Buddy, thank your stars for your wife’s job relocation, or whatever other ‘force of nature’ that permitted you to escape to California!

May you “Live Long and Prosper.”

Carrion on, please.

By: ssp242

ssp242 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:49:37 +0000

I live above the Best Buy across the street and this a frequent (at least once a week) destination for me, usually for drunken munchies, haha. However, I’ve eaten there sober many times as well and it’s awesome. Zach, there’s no lettuce on these and I’m pretty sure they DO compare to L.A. tacos (you traitor, haha). It’s a great store with a great staff. However, I would say their pizza is one of the worst in NYC, sorry.

Also, get a beef patty w/ cheese and their homemade hotsauce. Sounds bad but tastes oh so good…

By: jpv206

jpv206 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:05:22 +0000

well, the photo still leaves me skeptical of tacos in Manhattan. usually when I ask “do you have al pastor?” they say yes, and then then give me carne adobada… either that or a pineapple bomb. And it’s a shame to get tacos covered with guacamolito sauce. I’m not used to having to go high maintenance when ordering tacos, which should be simple by default if the meat is good (¡oiga, no me ponga aquella salsa, eh, quiero comer tacos, no sopa! ¿me explico?).

also, i might be too snooty to eat a burrito… when they’re bad, they’re bad. and when they’re good, the tacos will be good as well, so i might as well eat a taco! i recognize that that’s my own personal issue…

By: stevenp

stevenp — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:26:27 +0000

The tacos I’ve had there weren’t as ’saucy.’ I agree about the burritos, Zach–they shouldn’t squirt the salsa/sour cream on them. Spydr–NOBODY goes there for the pizza! (Unless it’s after 3 a.m.) And Jason–you ate there 3 days running and didn’t even report on the yummy huaraches or tortas? For shame! This needs a follow-up.

And, importantly, this place is open 24/7.

By: Jason Lam

Jason Lam — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:51:17 +0000

I was trying to avoid being seen on the security cams.

By: Goats

Goats — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:35:42 +0000

I used to work right next to there—there is temp space 2 doors down. Our office got moved there when we were building our new digs. I can attest to the quality of the food—via my coworkers who loved it—since they use cilantro and i was not eater. I would stick to Maffei’s pizza though across the street.

By: Mamacita

Mamacita — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:41:23 +0000

I think Jason didn’t have his V-8 in that first pic, he was all lopsided ;-p
(dose anyone even get that commercial joke anymore?)

By: wayne

wayne — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:41:17 +0000

DocZach has spoken

Mama….ban him from here already

By: Jason Lam

Jason Lam — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:26:33 +0000

True, a lot of sauce. But this photo time, the guy did look at me with the bottle if I wanted it. And I smiled. So he probably took that as to load it on. But they usually do put it on anyway.

By: Jason Lam

Jason Lam — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:22:49 +0000

I think that’s all cilantro. But that few slices down near the bottom does look like lettuce. It’s cilantro chopped weird.

…and they asked me if I wanted all that sauce on it.

Another note: I ran into a business acquaintance there once and he was telling me how the food reminded him of some place he ate in Ecuador. He kept going on an on about it. He wouldn’t shut up.