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Sup.

I'm back from a trip back east, but before I can address New York burritos, I have to review some I ate before my trip. Today we'll discuss








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specifically, the one at 5010 El Cerrito Plaza, El Cerrito. That's right, local fans; I got a mall burrito.























The salsas did little to redeem mall food. Counterclockwise from the top, we have ketchup, green high-fructose corn syrup, red high-fructose corn syrup and sweet barbecue sauce. Rubio's doesn't come right out and say it, but that's pretty much what you're getting. The barbecue sauce, which you can get from the "chipotle" bucket, was actually pretty good. There were a lot more fixin's, but I don't mess around with lemons and limes, etc. If you need some citrus to deal with the heat of these salsas, I suggest you get back in your buggy-- you're a long way from Amish country. And what are you doing using a computer, anyway?





















There was nothing immediately offensive about the burrito. It was a reasonable size and folded properly in a decent-looking tortilla. So we slice the thing open looking for the catch.




























Cheaters! Sour cream and the guac. Unlike a few places I could name, Rubio's actually cheats to win. Since they're out of the burrito competition, I'd like to award them a "Best in Food Court" Medal.

A fan took issue with my slight of Baja Fresh, claiming that burritos are bad for you in general and I shouldn't single them out just because they put the statistics out there. Thing is, despite spoonfuls of fatty goodness, the Rubio's burrito clocks in at 890 Calories. It's not health food (although Rubio's serves that, too,) but it shows that a burrito doesn't have to push four digits to taste good.

Finally, can the people who brought us bags of broken pretzels do the same for mutant tortilla chips?




























These happen everywhere, but since I got two beautiful examples with this burrito, I figured now would be a reasonable time to make that request.