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| - I totally knew Burrito Bandidos before they were called Burrito Bandidos. I don't mean that in a snobby "I knew Sonic Youth before you did and I'm going to shout obscure b-sides as 'requests' at a show and crane my head around to see if anyone caught it" kind of way. It's nothing really that special, Most people know them as the flagship Burrito Boyz location. But That was before the great Burrito secede of 20-ought-8, when the aforementioned "Boyz" had a bitter falling out and split their locations down the middle. The Richmond & Peter location went to one side, but the name and Adelaide st. Location went to the other (It remains a mystery worthy of Joe Walsh as to who currently rules over the Port Credit location).
Then there was the contest. Thousands of business card sized "Burrito What?" flyers went around, looking for a new name for the Richmond/Peter location (I never got around to submitting my entry for "Burrit-O-Rama" but I digress...), and in the interim awkwardly answered the phone simply "Burritos!" Eventually they landed on "Burrito Bandidos" and the rest, they say, is a brand new "1st to review!" of something thats actually been reviewed a whole bunch. ha.
Toronto has become something of a hotbed for large sized burrito joints over the past few years, with new places springing up faster than Starbucks locations, but Burrito Bandidos are by far the best in the city. They come in two sizes, Beans and Rice are spread over the bottom, with your choice of Cheese, Lettuce, Tomato, Green Onions, Green Pepper, jalapeños, Salsa, freshly made Guacamole, Sour Cream, their own "Burrito Sauce", and XXX Hot sauce (portioned in 4-5 dots). After your selections are made, the meat is added (chicken, steak, halibut, shrimp, ground round or any combination therein), the burrito is assembled and put on a flat grill to crisp the tortilla and melt the cheese. It's an admittedly simple recipe thats often imitated, but never matched.
It's important to note that as a regular customer of both, I've only noticed the subtlest of differences between the two rival burritories (did I just coin that?) since the split. Burrito Boyz (Adelaide St.) now has a choice of white or whole wheat tortilla wraps, which I don't see how it could make any taste difference, as well as appealing to their Vegan customers by advertising all non-meat products are prepared Vegan. Apart from that they're different in name only, and I couldn't really say which is better, other than traditionally, Burrito Bandidos is noticeably faster from order to first bite.
So, for once a bitter break-up hasn't affected the output of either party. Which is great, because I'd hate to see this location become the Garfunkel of Toronto Burrito joints. Instead they both prosper separately, like Outkast, and Toronto is all the better for it.
Viva La Burrito.
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