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San Francisco's Mission District is synonymous with burritos. Where else can you find multiple taquerias in a two-block radius? It seems like everyone has an opinion on what place makes the best burrito in the Mission. Or you can go on Yelp and find testimonies on the most amazing, mouth-watering burritos. Often, those recommendations have disappointed me every time.

However, what credentials do those reviewers have? Are they from the Mission? Are they Mexican? Do they make Mexican food?

No. No. No.

I am 4th generation San Franciscan from the Mission District and a proud Chicana. My mother is an excellent cook and taught me to make tacos, enchiladas, burritos, posole, tamales, etc.

I have decided to create a blog about my quest for the best Mission burrito. I will eat a burrito from every taqueria in the Mission and rate them according to a scorecard. Check for my results.

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Taqueria Vallarta




TAQUERIA VALLARTA
3033-24th Street @ Balmy

PRICE: $4.82 (including tax)

Taqueria Vallarta is a popular place with the hipsters. They serve a wide variety of cheap tacos (brains, cheek, tongue, etc. with condiments).

I conducted this taste test on April 10, 2010. My mother and stepfather also participated and filled out scorecards.

OVERALL RATING: 3 (me), 5 (stepfather), and 5 (mother)
(1= lowest, 10= highest)



CONTENTS

Quality of Meat: 3, 5, and 5
The chicken meat is grilled. It was dry and had no flavor.

Quality of Beans: 3-4
Dry.

Quality of Rice: 3-5
Average. Slightly spicy.

Quality of Salsa: 3, 3, and 7
The salsa is spicy. The salsa bar has three types of salsa.

Note: None.

EXTRAS
Free chips? Yes
Free salsa? Yes

FINAL THOUGHTS
All three of us didn't like it. My stepfather noted that the salsa improved its flavor but it was tasteless without it. We would never eat a burrito here again. My mother and I didn't finish ours.
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