Comments on: Uno De Mayo

By: The Hungry Cabbie: The Eating Adventures of a NYC Yellow Cabbie » Sacramento Boulevard!!!

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 03:21:42 +0000

[...] But we went to Poncho Villa’s in the middle of day on December 29th, and it was WEAK. Both burritos were dry and lacked in flavor. Pictures were taken in wild anticipation only to be deleted in genuine anger. I’d had incredible burritos in the Mission on past SF trips, and I don’t know what went wrong this time. [...]

By: The Hungry Cabbie: The Eating Adventures of a NYC Yellow Cabbie » The ‘Burbs

Thu, 26 Oct 2006 06:35:16 +0000

[...] Watching Milo enjoy them so much made me like them a little more. But he won’t remember the superior burritos at California Taqueria on Court Street. Maybe we’ll find better burritos somewhere else in Westchester. [...]

By: The Hungry Cabbie: The Eating Adventures of a NYC Yellow Cabbie » How Much For Just One Rib

Thu, 19 Oct 2006 21:47:35 +0000

[...] Second Avenue Deli closed, so I’m in desperate need of a tip on a good corned beef sandwich. I haven’t found too many great burritos in this town, so I often test my Spanish skills in hopes of finding one to rival a west coaster. And I’m slightly obessesed with pickles, so I tend to nudge the conversation in that direction if I sense someone might know his way around a full sour. [...]

By: The Hungry Cabbie: The Eating Adventures of a NYC Yellow Cabbie » A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER

Fri, 08 Sep 2006 02:16:59 +0000

[...] I figured, as long I was out there, I might as well give it a whirl. I bought two, one pollo and one chorizo, and I put a ton of radishes on one of them. I can’t say they were as good as anything you could find in a taco truck in East L.A. (I certainly can’t say the ton of radishes was good), but they were tasty. They tasted pretty much how I imagined a $2 taco in Jackson Heights would taste. But I’m still waiting for the karmic payoff from this latest mitzvah. I’m hoping that will be very sweet. [...]

By: juan

juan — Wed, 03 May 2006 15:34:21 +0000

I can’t find a great border style texmex or zonamex burrito in NYC!!!

When you find one FFD, let us know!

By: nani

nani — Tue, 02 May 2006 23:17:31 +0000

My favorite burrito is from Green Cactus off Austin Street in Forest Hills (one block over from 71-Continental). I always get the red snapper burrito. YUM!

By: dana

dana — Tue, 02 May 2006 18:34:51 +0000

NYC has incredibly inferior Mexican food. It saddens me. But there are three places that I think are worth visiting, in order of my preference (though you’ll never find a Mission-style burrito there):

1)Deli whose name I cannot remember, Hoyt Street between State and Atlantic, Boerum Hill. My favorite place for tortas, but their tacos are really, really good (and they have a concrete backyard garden seating area)

2)Acapulco Restaurant, Manhattan and Clay, Greenpoint. Also excellent in the tortas department. Tacos are good, but not as good as the Hoyt St. deli. Excellent and cheap fresh-squeezed OJ. Very good guac with freshly fried tortilla chips.

3)Grand Morelos, Grand and Graham, Williamsburg. Good tortas. Decent tacos. Amazing tres leches cake.

PS Enjoyed your posts on the search for un-filled cannolis. For years, I’ve lamented (erroneously) that you can’t get a decent cannoli in this town.

By: Administrator

Administrator — Tue, 02 May 2006 18:34:05 +0000

I was born in Silver Spring, and my parents still live in Potomac so I’m always in Maryland. You must tell me the name of the Gaithersburg deli that hand-pipes cannoli.

My favorite pizza in the DC area is Vace. It’s an Italian grocery so they have all sorts of great cheese and meats, hence the pizza has great cheese and the pepperoni is as good as anything here in NYC. I’ve always gone to the one in Cleveland Park, but there is another in Bethesda.