Burrito Stories: Taqueria Pancho Villa

This huge Taqueria on Mission is an awesome place to grab any simple and inexpensive Mexican food item. The ingredients are the best, the selections and the menu is great, and the staff are efficient. The lighting and decor are actually balanced. The place seats over 100 easily and does not look it. They have a separate menu just for vegetarian burritos. Whatever you do, do not order a Baby Burrito (to consume the least quantity of meat) because you find out small is not macho and you are violating a strong cultural norm there. Big is the way to go. Like I care

Burritto Tales: Chevy’s

I have eaten at Chevy’s so many times. Correction: I have eaten at this Chevy’s close to the City Hall so many times. True, that was a long time ago but reminds me of something. Their food sucks but the interior of this location is very well done and made me go back once-in-a while. I tried many items and they all sucked. One day, I told a friend about Chevy’s food and he vehemently defended them. I was shocked. For someone who had worked at the best French restaurants back East and bragged how many Presidents had served, this was a major faux pas. I found out he eaten the same food everytime he went there: A steak burrito. Finally, I tried one day and it actually was good. Unfortunately, this burrito like all Chevy’s items was so big and filled with beef that I wouldn’t dare do it again. At least, I found something good there. (And a potential blackmail target if he gets famous someday).

Burrito Tales: Casa Mexicanna

This is a very interesting Taqueria. It has been at this location forever and the first time I was around there (years ago), I ordered a basic burrito there and it was the worst burrito I had ever had in my life! How can anyone screw up a burrito that bad? The next time I was around it was a long time afterwards and I had such strong memory of how bad the food had been that I went in and ordered the same thing and it was as horrible as it was before!!! I did not forget the place and the vague memory of how bad the food had been remained and I just had to try the food every few months just to reassure myself it was as bad as my old memories. I don’t remember the ending but still I cannot forget how bad the food had been there once or twice. And they have a great location too.