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With the recent opening of Bell Street Burritos in Westside, people are again eulogizing Tortillas, Atlanta’s original burrito joint. After shutting their doors in 2003, but before they set off into the sunset, Tortillas bequeathed one last gift to Atlanta’s Tex-Mex aficionados: some loose recipe guidelines on how to make most of what was made …
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The rise of the fast-casual restaurant, including the new Westside Atlanta location of Bell Street Burritos, owes a great deal to the burrito. This Tex-Mex tradition is perhaps the burger of that fused cuisine. Like the burger, the burrito is generally a massively hulking inclusion of typical toppings. But as the trend to produce these …
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A few points of clarification: I have no idea which Raging Burrito this came from, so don’t immediately think it came from the one in Decatur … unless you consider the fact that the only one around is in Decatur. To the best of my knowledge, the cockroach burrito isn’t actually on the menu. My …
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Two establishments, one building, and one curious story. That’s the deal with two new eateries going in at Renaissance Walk, a struggling (aka foreclosed) downtown condominium complex just a few steps from Georgia State. One Café and Yoeshi are siblings spots that have been in production for quite sometime. If recent grumblings (spurred by self-promotion) …
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So tonight, I ventured down to the Panchero’s on W. Peachtree and Ivan Allen. In case you didn’t hear, they were serving up $1 burritos. I’m not really gonna “review” the place. But to give you an idea, it’s basically like every other burrito chain. The place was absolutely packed and normally, I’d have high …
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A few days ago, Chipotle, the [used to be] McDonalds owned burrito joint, launched Chipotle Mobile Ordering [App Store – now dead], an iPhone app that allowed people to order from their mobile phones. While I don’t like Chipotle, and I can’t stand Apple … that was a pretty cool utility. The app was built …
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