And Cake

In a move I had been dreading for a while, I lunched at


and Cake, 3221 Adeline, the Berk. Seriously, they have a sign on the counter adding cake to their already schizophrenic offerings.

The dilapidated sign and confused menu weren't what made me reluctant, considering the high marks I gave to Down Town Bakery II and the Axtlan Consortium of Candy, Burritos, and Gum. No, I had been here before and knew what to expect.

The ingredients are kept on display behind glass, not the brightest move when the meats all sit in various stews with skins on top. They'll stir the skin into the stew before dumping a pile of it onto your burrito. Thanks. After paying over $6, here's what you get :



No chips. No salsa, not even in a squirt bottle. Your utensil is a plastic fork. What do they spend all the money on? Interior decorating?



Unlikely.

Las Palmas makes a bad burrito. Too much filler. My earlier praise for lettuce in burritos only goes for quality lettuce, which this is not. The meat is pretty bland for half of a half, seeing as the juice runs to the bottom. The juice is a bright unhealthy orange and manages to deliver only the unenjoyable aspects of spiciness to the second half of the half. In a first for this blog, I didn't finish the burrito. I leave you with what I threw away :