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It's about the food not the people that make it. Any well versed cook/chef can prepare an authentic food, it's more about a great recipe brought to your table. I have had both Chipotle and Filiberto's and without hesitation prefer Filiberto's more savory flavorful in just about any combination you can think of. Don't get me wrong Chipotle is still very good just not as good. Great management can set the tone for uniform foundation making all your franchises great. Peoria and Mesa AZ yum. mismo de old town SD
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Never ate at Filiberto's before, but I did eat at Chipotle today, and although I enjoyed, I just thought it was white mans version of what Mexican food should taste like
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I'll take authentic new mexican food over any day over Chipotle.
Big time. I ate at Chipotle's all of once in my life and I thought it was very bland and nothing at all like Mexican or NM food.
I ate at Chipotle's all of once in my life and I thought it was very bland and nothing at all like Mexican or NM food.
Chipotle is arguably serving a Mission Style Burrito which is a style that originated in San Francisco, so you are spot on with your assessment that they are neither Mexican nor New Mexican in style.
As for Filiberto's, that is some Sonoran/San Diego style taqueria food which I have taken a liking to recently. Their carne asada and chile relleno burritos are bomb.
Chipotle is arguably serving a Mission Style Burrito which is a style that originated in San Francisco, so you are spot on with your assessment that they are neither Mexican nor New Mexican in style.
As for Filiberto's, that is some Sonoran/San Diego style taqueria food which I have taken a liking to recently. Their carne asada and chile relleno burritos are bomb.
I agree completely with your assessment.
I went to school in the Bay Area and lived in the Mission District after graduation, so I regularly get a craving for a real Mission-style burrito. None of the local burrito places really fit the bill, but Chipotle comes the closest in terms of ingredients, styles and flavors. Unfortunately, Chipotle's well-publicized chain-wide problems with freshness, cleanliness and quality control mean that anytime I indulge my stomach is going to pay for it for at least a day afterward. Oddly enough, I never experienced those issues at even the funkiest Bay Area taqueria.
Filiberto's and its various -etos/-ertos clones are a totally different thing, but tasty in their own right.
That said, if someone came to Albuquerque and opened an authentic, clean, and tasty San Francisco-style taqueria with real Mission burritos they could count on my business on basically a weekly basis.
How's the Filberto's on Sara in Rio Rancho? I've been spending a lot of time at Eye Associates so I may as well give it a try.
I just ate there today and have frequented many times. Love their breakfast machaca burrito. Just be ready for a giant burrito, easily enough for two meals.
Nachos is a Mexican dish from northern Mexico that consists of heated tortilla chips or totopos covered with melted cheese (or a cheese-based sauce), often served as a snack or appetizer. More elaborate versions of the dish add other ingredients, and may be substantial enough to serve as a main dish. Ignacio "Nacho" Anaya is credited with creating the dish around 1943; the original nachos consisted of fried corn tortilla chips covered with melted cheese and sliced jalapeño peppers.
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