September 18, 2008
BurritoVille Out of Business?
A tipster wondered if local Mexican chain BurritoVille had gone bankrupt, seeing as how their website now redirects to Google. We've spent the last few minutes frantically trying to get someone, anyone on the phone at the various BurritoVille locations around town, with no success. A call to BSI Corp., which seems to be the corporate owner, did get answered, however. When asked if we had reached BurritoVille, the man told us, "Not anymore." He said they closed last week and would not provide any further information. Wikipedia backs him up. Dios Mio, man! Last month the East Village BurritoVille on Second Avenue closed down, but it hardly seemed like the beginning of the end for the reliable if mediocre local franchise. Anyone out there notice a shuttered BurritoVille in your travels? We never had a chance for one last goodbye burrito!
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we need more banks, so this is a good thing
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done in by archenemy Jimmy Buffet
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Yeah the one on 9th Ave near 44th has been shut all week... I had figure it was just this location (closed by health dept.?) but I'm sad to hear they are done for. Chipotle blows.
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I think the one in the bottom of the Chrysler building has been gone for some time now. That place sucked anyway, only good thing was the free chips and salsa, which the bums would come in and snag real quick and then run back out with anyway.
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No Burritoville bankruptcy filing (yet)--I just did a search on the court's website.
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that sucks. the one on bleecker was good, and the one on 2nd ave. wasn't bad either (really lovely downstairs restroom). shit.
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Good riddance to them and their stupid square burritos.
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If you regularly go to the one on 44th and 9th, you don't have to resort to Chipotle. Check out Paloma on 45th on the north side of the street just east of 9th Ave. It's right across from Piece of Chicken.
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As a San Francisco transplant who knows what a real mission burrito tastes like, I say "Good day to YOU sir!"
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F*^k. I'm not one for chain stores, but I agree with mdowning, those two locations are good (and the restroom downstairs in the EV location--good call mdowning). If even a chain restaurant can't afford to do business in NYC, who can? I guess I'm just gonna have to start going to the banks, withdraw money, and eat them. But they have no free chips and salsa!
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an entry in Wikipedia??? WTF???
And this is what kids today use when they do their homework - ay yi yi.
adn damn -- I was one-more-paid-burrito to go for my next free one!
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At my office we used to go to the one on 2nd Avenue all the time - we were friends with the guy who works there (and now works at Chipotle) and he told as that ALL burritovilles in the city are closing down! waah!
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I won't cry any tears. I had a burrito from the West 72nd (?) location once and it was pretty bad. It is a bummer that a local chain is biting the dust though.
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NYC Mexican food is a contradiction in terms.
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I was by the one at 39th and 9th earlier this week at lunch time and it was shuttered closed.
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Alka-seltzer and Pepto-Bismal are down dramatically in affected areas too. Coincidence? I think not.
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Burritoville
Population: Zero
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YAY!!!
Oops.
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Several years ago I was ejected from the Burritoville on Nassau St. for arguing with the manager over a botched order and inaccurate charge on my credit card (they charged me several hundred dollars for a burrito and told me that the corporate office would have to handle the problem). In a fit of rage, I threw my burrito across the restaurant, splattering the wall with sour cream (I had asked for none), rice, beans, cheese and chicken (I believe it was).
Good riddance Burritoville!
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The one on 23rd & 8th has been closed with acurtian over the window all week.
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That's sad, I'm a huge fan of Bville, and have eaten lunch at the one between Fulton and John for ages. It's a great, cheap veggie lunch. Plus, free nachos? I will miss you Tempeh Burger Wrap on whole wheat, no sauce. I don't understand how they could be bankrupt, there is a line every single day.
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the one on 53rd b/t Lex and 3rd is gone. i'm surprised, they always were packed at lunchtime.
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Ummm...this is not a big deal.
Did any of y'all ever hear of Taco Bell?
/just kidding
/runs for life
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SF people need to STFU about "real burritos". Burritos don't even exist in Mexico. If you 'KNOW REAL BURRITOS' so well, then open up a REAL burrito place for yourself and all your californian friends and zip it.
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way overpriced...
alarmingly mediocre food...
really, who cares. get some soft tacos from a cart and save $4.
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There is no god. I went there for lunch multiple times a week. That sucks.
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I was never a huge fan of their burritos, but I LOVE(D) the veggie chorizo. Waaah!
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where will the mice go? does no one think of the mice?
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Looks like they weren't able to convince the Federal Reserve Bank to bail them out. First Lehmann, now Burittoville.
I for one am not mourning this loss; just give me Chipitle and Paquito's in the East Village and all my burrito needs will be satisfied.
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I like Bville and the free chips/salsa takes the cake. Now we are stuck with lame national chains like Qdoba and Chipotle for fresh Mex food.
Please San Loco open up more stores in midtown!!
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I sensed a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of tacos cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
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I think anyone from Texas, the Southwest, or California knows that Mexican food in NYC is for the most part, not too good. I try not to eat Mexican food until I fly out west. Or go to Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
And the veggie chorizo at Burritoville was literally the only thing I have ever eaten that has given me heartburn. I thought I was dying and vowed never to go there again.
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the one on 39th near 9th ave is closed, and there's sign on the door that says "Employees Hotline" and a phone #
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Guess they are no long "Mexcellent".
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@pontiac-- that's terrible! Those poor employees, to think they are going to work and to find it closed. Sigh.
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They should have racked up a couple dozen billion in debt, then they would have been "too big to fail."
I for one am not upset about this at all. Their burritos were big, but didn't taste all that amazing for the price...there was no way they could compete with Chipotle, which is better tasting and cheaper.
Best burrito I've had in NYC: Uncle Mo's in Chelsea.
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Now where am I going to go to get the runs?
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I stopped eating at Burritoville in Chelsea after I got food poisoning . Uncle Mo's is pretty good, and haters, believe it or not, I am loving Qdoba... and I'm from SF.
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the one in the financial district has been shut for at least two weeks. i just thought it was a health department issue.
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"veggie chorizo"!?!
Brown-rice-and-tempeh-mushroom "california mexican" is BULLSHIT. Call it what it is, a Moosewood hippie atrocity. It is to Mexican food what velveeta and ketchup on wonderbread is to Italian.
Adios!
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I'm with emily and teany. Not a lot of veg*n options in the area of the Nassau Street site, particularly in the evening, and I'm going to miss eating there. If "chorizo" and "burrito" are reserved words to you, I'd be happy to order the "Moosewood hippie atrocity", if I could.
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Best thing about Burritoville was feasting on free chips while waiting for your order.
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Burritoville was bound to go out of biz - the staff at west 72nd was slow and rude. Deliveries took longer and longer. With no management in sight, the inmates ran the asylum. Gabriela's has always been far superior Mexican anyway.
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I noticed Burritoville downtown on water street is closed this week. then i just heard on radio about them being closed. I always liked them for a fast lunch.
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>>>I threw my burrito across the restaurant, splattering the wall with sour cream (I had asked for none), rice, beans, cheese and chicken (I believe it was).
You're guaranteed excellent service when you do that.
www.forgotten-ny.com
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I have no idea of the reasons for all this Burritoville hate. Aside from it being in extremely poor taste, considering people have lost their jobs, it's also smarmy and snobby. It wasn't "authentic" Mexican? So what? People eat inauthentic Chinese, French, Italian, Sushi, etc, everyday, if the food is decent (anyone here ever hear of "fusion" cuisine?). Burritoville had HUGE portions for the money, the food was decent, the totillas were freshly made, and it's one of the few chains that catered both to vegetarians and Atkins dieters (I can't stand ordering food from restaurants with a bunch of "extras" I can't eat and have to throw out- the tortilla-less burritos were a godsend). As for the people who claim Chipotle is "cheaper"- well, you really need to work on your rudimentary math skills. Every time I ever ordered from McMexican I got the same exact thing I got at Burritoville, and it always cost more, without fail. Since the choices at Chipotle are also rudimentary, it seems like you're comparing apples and oranges here.
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I thought there was something wrong when all of the locations disappeared from SeamlessWeb about six weeks ago.
It was mostly terrible, service was always slow, and you were guaranteed at least one mistake per order. On the plus side, you got a lot of food for the money and it was one of the few places where my vegan friends could deal when we were in a pinch. I personally will sincerely miss the White Chicken Chili. That is all.