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What's the difference between a Mission burrito and the kinds of burrito you can find at Chipotle? They look exactly the same.
Chipotle basically makes Mission burritos. The founder of Chipotle lived in SF for a while and learned about them there. He then returned to Colorado and started up Chipotle there selling Mission burritos.
Chipotle basically makes Mission burritos. The founder of Chipotle lived in SF for a while and learned about them there. He then returned to Colorado and started up Chipotle there selling Mission burritos.
What's the difference between a Mission burrito and all other kinds of burritos?
Most burritos in the U.S. are Mission style burritos or a version of it.
From wiki:
A Mission burrito (also known as a San Francisco burrito or a Mission-style burrito) is a type of burrito that first became popular during the 1960s in the Mission District of San Francisco, California. It is distinguished from other burritos by its large size and inclusion of extra rice and other ingredients. It has been referred to as one of two major styles of burritos in the United States, following the earlier, simple burrito consisting of beans, rice, and meat and preceding the California burrito containing cheese and potatoes that was developed in the 1980s.
Have you people ever been to Mexico? Authentic Mexican place? Burritos aren't really even a thing there outside of some border towns. And they certainly don't look like the above picture.
EDIT:
From wiki:
Although burritos are one of the most popular examples of Mexican cuisine outside of Mexico, in Mexico they are only popular in the northern part of the country.
Have you people ever been to Mexico? Authentic Mexican place? Burritos aren't really even a thing there outside of some border towns. And they certainly don't look like the above picture.
EDIT:
From wiki:
Although burritos are one of the most popular examples of Mexican cuisine outside of Mexico, in Mexico they are only popular in the northern part of the country.
I have many friends who emigrated here from Mexico or their parents did. I thought I said "more" authentic from it but I guess I left that part out, sorry. The point was that if you go into an authentic taqueria in the US, you are not going to EVER get a mission style burrito. That's the point and the type of burrito you will get is the Juarez style, which is where burritos actually came from.
I feel like a better competition for this would have been Chicago deep dish vs. Mission burrito given that neither pizza nor a burrito actually originated in either city, but both cities have their own take on pizza and burritos that involved adding more ingredients to each item becoming large meals on their own.
Italian beef really does seem like a Chicago original, meaning that it was not really inspired by anything else. I think it should be compared to San Francisco's Cioppino. Both are relatively local and not as known outside of each city.
I feel like a better competition for this would have been Chicago deep dish vs. Mission burrito given that neither pizza nor a burrito actually originated in either city, but both cities have their own take on pizza and burritos that involved adding more ingredients to each item becoming large meals on their own.
I agree, or the Chicago style hot dog would be another, maybe.
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