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Ox.

Ox.

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You're eating a burrito and it breaks apart? :x
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View media item 1185013in case you're curious. All my burritos I eat are with carne asada, beans, rice, guac, sour cream, cheese and if available fries to make it a California.
 
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Do you unwrap the entire foil from the burrito before you eat it? Or are you tearing it off as you go? :nerd:
 
I unwrap everything.
I grab that big fat meaty burrito with both hands and put it in my mouth.
 
since were are on the subjects of burritos...

At noon on Wednesday, it was pretty much business as usual at La Taqueria. The lunch line at Mission and 25th streets moved at its usual brisk pace. There were no congratulatory balloons or banners.

Yet, a whiff of celebration joined smells of sizzling steak and pork fat, as many regulars learned that La Taqueria's carnitas super burrito, dorado style, had just been named the best burrito in the country.

That morning, FiveThirtyEight, ESPN's statistics-driven website, announced the results of its nationwide Burrito Bracket. In a fierce battle against finalists in El Paso, Los Angeles and the Bronx, La Taqueria won by 1 minuscule point.

One point was enough, really. All of San Francisco could relax: Our honor as the most burrito-obsessed city on the planet was assured.

La Taq, which Miguel Jara and his family have run since 1973, is no stranger to praise. It is the only taqueria to have made The Chronicle's Top 100 Restaurants list - from 1996 to 2008, in fact. No one, though, had objectively measured it against the best of Southern California and beyond.

In June, FiveThirtyEight Editor Nate Silver announced the creation of the bracket. In his previous job at the New York Times, Silver's analytical assurances of President Obama's 2012 presidential win allowed millions of liberals to sleep during election season.

Now he was taking on a challenge that San Franciscans really cared about. Before June, he spent months analyzing 67,391 Yelp listings of "burrito-serving establishments," assigning "value over replacement burrito" scores, a term assessing worth that is probably familiar to fantasy football junkies. Silver then divided the country's highest-ranked burritos into four geographic regions; California merited a region in itself.
[h3]64 selected[/h3]
That was only the opening gambit. FiveThirtyEight flew a panel of four experts to New York for an eight-hour meeting in which they advanced and defended their personal favorites, balancing critical wisdom against raw data to name 64 participants in 28 states.

Panelist Gustavo Arellano, editor of OC Weekly in Costa Mesa and author of "Taco U.S.A.," predicted La Taqueria's success from the start.

"I believe, for what it is, La Taq is the most perfectly executed burrito in the United States," he said on Wednesday (although he prefers El Castillito on Mission Street).

In Silver's original Yelp analysis, La Taq earned the 11th highest VORB score, though it was trounced by the nearby El Farolito, 20.7 to 14.2. Yet, the considerable efforts of "burrito correspondent" Anna Maria Barry-Jester resulted in La Taqueria being crowned the winner.

She circled the country several times, visiting all 64 contestants (eliminating the Mission's El Farolito and Taqueria Cancun in the first two rounds) and paying repeat visits to the 16 semifinalists and four finalists.

Barry-Jester wound up eating 15 La Taq burritos. She filmed her final analyses for FiveThirtyEight, slitting each burrito with an X-Acto knife and teasing apart the individual components.
[h3]Juicy ingredients[/h3]
"The magic of La Taqueria is the first bite, the first time you ever eat one," Barry-Jester told The Chronicle. "Definitely the winning ratio is its liquid ratio, which is high. All the ingredients are juicy, and I think that makes the difference."

On the site, Barry-Jester seemed to hedge her praise, writing, "It's not necessarily the burrito you'll want to eat every day, and may not even be my personal favorite (I'll leave you guessing on that), but it's a technical marvel with a monumental first bite worthy of a national title." She's a Texan, however, and can be forgiven for misplaced nostalgia.

Your average San Franciscan may have a few contentious questions for FiveThirtyEight: Should it matter that La Taq's burrito eschews rice, a clear departure from the Mission style? What in the heck does she mean by "technical marvel"? Why haven't we all heard of ordering burritos "dorado," or crisped on the grill?

Owner Miguel Jara said he found out about the award shortly before the public announcement.

"I'm excited," he said. "I'm kind of old and don't get on the computer. My kids are the ones that were talking about it and telling me what happened."

On Wednesday, the bracket results brought in a few customers for the first time. But not Ajesh Shah, 33, who was accompanying Julie Monin, 35, visiting from Brazil.

"I introduced her to it last week," Shah said.

"I've been here every day since," Monin added. "Now, I'm thinking about moving here."

Shah, in true San Franciscan style, rushed to one-up her.

"I stopped checking in on Foursquare because I was coming here too much."
 
mmmm could go for a cali burrito right now 
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trunks206 said:
Well its no wonder why you fail.

Unwrapping as you go > *
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that was never my style, can't get used to it, it takes away from the experience but maybe I'll start leaving it covered at the bottom at least.
 
Ox you should try the burritos from taqueria hernandez on 

saviers rd if you haven't already. Right next door to a taco de mexico (which is

why it gets overshadowed, even though their quality has gone way down).
 
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I hate when they throw the stuff in my burrito all sloppy

I hate when they don't cut it

I hate when they get all shysty with the good stuff

I hate when they don't give me enough salsa

never had a burrito fall  apart on me tho. **** will prolly send me on a rage
 
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xcfastdude said:
 
Ox you should try the burritos from taqueria hernandez on 

saviers rd if you haven't already. Right next door to a taco de mexico (which is

why it gets overshadowed, even though their quality has gone way down).
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the one by the puerto vallarta club/bar next to the smoke shop right?

if so I'll try it out, thanks for looking out.
6 rings MJ said:
Got to have a fork nearby..
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this and I also save the chips they give you while you wait so I can just make nachos out of the mess.
juangotti said:
 
I hate when they throw the stuff in my burrito all sloppy

I hate when they don't cut it

I hate when they get all shysty with the good stuff

I hate when they don't give me enough salsa

never had a burrito fall  apart on me tho. **** will prolly send me on a rage
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I hate getting my burrito cut, as well as my bbq sandwiches. 

try making friends with the people making the food, I hate when they pack it with beans and rice but a pinch of meat. talk to the person who makes the food and he'll remember you and hook you up.
 
I hate it when i'm craving cereal... pour my cereal into my bowl... open the fridge... no damn milk! :smh:
 
Oh OP ain't bout it if he can't get his burrito technique down by now you need to get torta or something you ain't ready yet :smh:
 
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