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| - I've been to the El Rancho on Park. Staring at the menu, just wanting a quick bite for under $7. OK, the menu does not allow that. So at Park I got a "bowl" with al pastor and the works. The 'bowl' doesn't really work - - piling all those ingredients in a heap, is not a pretty meal. Though it did taste considerably good.
Here, at the east side location, I went for a burrito, and WOW was that the treat. The formula is simple: ask the customer what the customer wants in the burrito, piece by piece, bit by bit - - and if you are a thinking customer, you can cobble together something very satisfying.
Asked for minimal rice (rice, in burritos, folks, can be empty, tasteless filler - - just saying); then the black beans, and then the choices of spicy lovely yummy accents that kept rounding out the deal, till it got bigger and bigger, and finally you get the burrito wrapped up like a juicy, packed, BOMB in silver foil - - loved the spicy onion accent, the layer of guac, the succulent al pastor, the pungent bites of jalapeno - - the more you say "yes" and round out the burrito, the more of the BOMB it becomes. (The advantage to a burrito, over a 'bowl', is that the ingredients are packed together, and stay warm, and the flavors start to blend.)
Thoughtful, caring staff; quality ingredients, I have to say; and the sum of the assembly is greater than the individual parts. Best. Burrito. Ever. (but maybe I'm getting old in the tooth). At least I am still very much happy in the tooth that devours a burrito like this.
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