Gothamist: From Lost in Austin to Vanishing in New York

NannyState

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:16:31 -0500

What NYC needs are burrito trucks that sell the real thing and park where you work. If we can have upscale ice cream trucks, we can have burrito trucks. How hard is it?

Toby von Meistersinger

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:35:19 -0500

There website is now down.

Reflect

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:24:23 -0500

the only thing good was there salsa. When did burritoes start comeing shaped as a ball of dough? how the hell im supposed to fit that in my mouth?

ides_of_march

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 19:26:15 -0500

"It's that Bloomberg and his healthy food obsession, " I agree. The food fascists are on the march! Government mandated jogging will be next.

Kevin Walsh

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:53:16 -0500

I could give a damn whether it was authentic Mexican. I loved Burritoville and I was a regular at the one on 23rd street and 8th Avenue. It was the Forgotten NY home away from home. It's that Bloomberg and his healthy food obsession, I'm quite sure. I'm not getting in line with his broccoli and tofu initiatives. Fight the power. www.forgotten-ny.com

talos

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:41:06 -0500

thank god. that place blew.

Rfive

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:27:40 -0500

come to sunset park bitches, the best mexican food in nyc.

moonbeam

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:24:51 -0500

LOL @ #7 for actually complaining that Chipotle's ingredients are too high quality. Some people just can't seem to find enough ridiculous crap to bitch about...

emilydickinson

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:45:53 -0500

@8 Yeah, I can't believe that Veg City couldn't make a decent run. The food was great, they had booze and it was always packed.

ides_of_march

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:36:12 -0500

Maybe they need a government bail-out.

jonathan

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:23:23 -0500

Burritos are gross. They have the same density and texture of a dead, shaven Guinea Pig. The salsa and guacamole only help add to this hypothesis.

smitty

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:18:43 -0500

I still miss Veg-City Diner on 14th St...it was 24 hours too! Sigh.

nicemarmot

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:46:28 -0500

@#3: My problem with Chipotle is that they focus on "high quality" ingredients instead of authentic ingredients. I want my Mexican to taste like Mexican, not like Whole Foods. I do eat at Chipotle because they have the best burritos I've found here. But they are a mile beneath any burrito shack in SoCal (yes, I used to live there and got terribly spoiled by all-hand-made burritos for $2).

Seth Mulvey

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:36:03 -0500

Chipotle, hahahahahahahahaha

Seth Mulvey

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:35:28 -0500

Downtown Mexican Bakery 1rst and 4th represent

Gothamist_Cynic

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:28:24 -0500

It's not exactly earth-shattering news when bad restaurants go out of business. fixed

TJ

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:08:08 -0500

@#1: what is your issue with Chipotle? and yes, we know it's not authentic Mexican, but for what it is, it's good. stores are clean, the assembly line works well, the people that work there are generally a lot better than other quick serve restaurants, and the food is good.

ides_of_march

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:37:39 -0500

It's not exactly earth-shattering news when restaurants go out of business. It has been known to happen.

nicemarmot

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:36:56 -0500

Haha, awesome that the Times ganked from your comments. Burritoville really does suck. It is awful enough that I don't feel remotely bad about it shutting down. Why can't we get some real burritos in this town? They're not that difficult but somehow we wind up with the overdone crap of Burritoville instead of the ultra-simple real good Mexican. Chipotle actually has the right idea although I find their execution is fatally flawed.