greasepig reviews

I was just shown this awesome site by a friend today. These guys have a comprehensive list of all the taquerias in the city, with ratings of the various burritos. Very impressive - it's like a professional site compared to the silly crap I put out here. Of course the first thing I had to do was see what they gave the highest rating, and it was this place, Taqueria San Francisco, on 24th and York. I had to try it myself to see if these guys know what they're talking about.

The appearance of the establishment is the very epitome of nondescript. I'm sure I've been down this street maybe a dozen times, but I certainly don't remember seeing it. I don't remember what the outside looked like, and the inside had a bunch of Mexican beer posters, you know the ones with the shapely chicas, Univision style. That and your typical bilingual laminated signs, with red and green borders that say "Try our chorizo", or "We have grilled chicken" in English and Spanish.

I had to order a veggie today, because I promised myself to lay off the red meat for a week or two. Now that I've seen that website's reviews, I notice that they value different qualities from what I would. For example, it seems to be the most important to them that the ingredients are well-mixed throughout the burrito. To me, it's important, but pure homogeneity isn't necessary for a good burrito. Oh, but I digress. I got this thing to go, for some reason. I think it's because the interior was too boring to sit in for an entire burrito. So after the twelve-minute pedal-bike ride home, I opened it up. Of course, it was mixed well, and even though it was pretty cold out on the way home, still warm enough through and through. Nothing really exciting, but nothing really detrimental to a good rating either. It would be nice if, for example, they offered black beans (whole pinto only), and maybe a little hotter salsa, but it's ok. I'm willing to give these guys another shot, and it will be on a day when I'm eating red meat. If their carne asada is any good, that could bump this up a half-Godzilla or so.

Rating: 4 Godzillas