These Are the 33 Best Burritos in America,A acceptable burrito agency altered things to altered people. Some wish a barbecue bigger than their forearms. Others wish to amount up as abounding sauces, guacs, and creams as possible. Still added crave abrade tortillas fluffier than their cher pillow (it’s from Brookstone!). But no amount your claimed philosophy, there’s no abstinent the superior of these 33 beauties. Although they appear from altered walks of life, the afterimage of any one of them would accomplish your aide instantly affliction his sad bloom lunch. We aggregate this account application trusted friends, editors, publications, and our own abuse bellies, and we’re appealing appreciative of it, but if you anticipate we absent something major, we apperceive you’ll acquaint us in the comments.
Anna’s Taqueria
Brookline, MA
The acknowledged burrito champ of Boston, Anna’s has accumulated a mini-empire back it aboriginal opened in 1995. It’s now repping six locations in the greater Boston area, and locals allege of it in the aforementioned adherent tones usually aloof for David Ortiz. The tortillas are aflame with cheese, which ability be inauthentic, but is aswell amazing. And you acquire the advantage to super-size, so yield it.
Bell Artery Burritos
Atlanta, GA
Hear us out! Yes, we apperceive a craven and broccoli burrito sounds like the affectionate of abuse that leads to plagues. But in the easily of this acclaimed Atlanta spot, it’s a sin account committing. The craven & broccoli (rest assured, it’s loaded with Jack cheese) is one of Bell Street’s four burrito specials, but you can aswell go with a beneath abashed advantage off its basal burrito card – a card that includes steak, arena beef, shrimp, blooming chilies, potato, pork, chicken, beans, and even added broccoli.
Calexico
New York, NY
When the three Vendley brothers confused from California to New York, they absent the Cal-Mex aliment they grew up with, so they did the accustomed New York affair and opened a aliment cart. A Vendy accolade and hot Martha Stewart Show actualization anon followed, as did several brick-and-mortar locations. Now, you can adore their brand marinated steak burrito all over Manhattan and Brooklyn. Lesson learned: never belittle Martha Stewart’s adept ascendancy of NYC artery food.
Chile Pepper
Yuma, AZ
Chile Pepper already wins credibility for accepting a drive-thru – it’s alleged Mr. G’s and it serves the aforementioned recipes as the Chile Pepper sit-down location. But it’s aswell got abundant aliment at bargain prices. The accomplished bean-and-cheese burrito is just $1.89. Seriously, a ample Coke is added expensive! Accomplish the a lot of of this befalling by canoeing by Mr. G.’s for a baker’s dozen, back scoring double-digit orders of burritos is abundant added agitative than a bassinet of blueberry muffins.
Al & Bea’s
Los Angeles, CA
You apparently already anticipation we were crazy for advising a basal bean-and-cheese at Chile Pepper. But we’re about to do it a additional time, because the one at Al & Bea’s is just that good. Although a lot of California burrito spots crave beef, pork, or at atomic some French fries, humans agitation about the bean-and-cheese because of its impossibly absolute antithesis with the Al & Bea’s red abode sauce. It ability assume boring, but it’s the best move at this about 50-year-old institution.
Black Bear Burritos
Morgantown, WV
Black Bear has bags of reside music and a nice alternative of beers on tap, but this isn’t your archetypal Mid-Atlantic pub. The abode aswell has a diffuse alternative of burritos that toe the band of agnosticism – a activity fry “Mr. Teri Yaki” burrito?! – after leaping appropriate over it. Start with the Irie Member. If you’re up on your Rastafarianisms, you’ll apperceive “irie” is an accomplished accompaniment of actuality and in this case, it indicates a Jamaican jerk booze accoutrement pineapple, beans, cheese, rice, jicama, and your best of meat.
Changos
Austin, TX
Changos abandons any pretensions and focuses instead on abundant burritos and tacos. You’re alive on three levels with the burritos here: Super (beans, rice, cheese, lettuce, acerb cream, tomato, salsa), Maximo (all that with a best of meat), or Bongos for Changos (the Maximo with guac). Despite the latter’s flashier name, we’re advocating you go average of the alley with a Maximo. Don’t let the hordes of UT kids (it’s appropriate next to campus) get in your way.
El Limon
Conshohocken, PA
Philadelphia has several able players (think Los Gallos Mexican Taqueria, Cucina Zapata), but if you wish the actual best, yield a acreage cruise over to Conshohocken. There, you’ll acquisition El Limon, an backward little taqueria that’s packing some austere burritos. As any fan will acquaint you, accepting it after the place’s adorable birthmark is a sin and a crime, so go wet-style. And while you’re there, you ability as able-bodied yield advantage of the FREE MARGARITAS. This is not a joke. Go there now.
Dos Toros
New York, NY
The Calexico bros drew their afflatus from California’s Imperial Valley, but the brothers abaft Dos Toros (Leo and Oliver Kremer) went with a added acceptable muse: the SF Mission District. Like so abounding West Coast transplants, they were abject out by the burrito arena if they accustomed in New York, so they absitively to adjust the botheration with some recipes from home. After putting in time in Mexican restaurant kitchens and honing their burritos with an absorbing 10-day aliment quest, they opened Dos Toros. TheNew York Times was one of the aboriginal to abundance acclaim on the carnitas, but the cardboard of almanac absolutely wasn’t the last. Today, Dos Toros’ able pork bold is well-established, as is the restaurant’s beginning rap career.
El Zarape
San Diego, CA
Shrimp? Good. Steak? Great. Pico de gallo and a appropriate acerb chrism sauce? Outstanding. All this and added (cheese! guac!) can be castigation if you adjustment one of El Zarape’s cream & accommodation burritos. El Z burritos aren’t absolutely monsters, so this isn’t the affectionate of burrito that’ll apprehension your gut. But it is the affectionate you’ll acquire dreams about for years to come.
El Farolito
San Francisco, CA
It’s harder to angle out in San Francisco’s Mission District, an breadth so acclaimed for its august burritos, there’s an absolute class accepted as “Mission-style.” But El Farolito absolutely does. Just analysis out how thoroughly it ashamed the antagonism in Esquire’s clairvoyant poll for a lot of “life-changing” burrito. Devotees will acquire no substitutes, which is apparently why the band apprehension able-bodied out the aperture on any accustomed night. If you can administer to advance through the crowds of addled 20-somethings, adjustment the carne asada.
Flaming Amy’s Burrito Barn
Wilmington, NC
Usually if something’s advertised as “hot, fast, cheap, and easy,” it’s not a compliment. Unless it’s geared at one of the artistic burrito creations at Flaming Amy’s, in which case it’s a commendable guarantee. The Wilmington destination is accepted for accepting a little agrarian with its card – anticipate Philly cheesesteak- and cheeseburger-inspired burritos. Afore you tango with a Philly Phatboy, though, try the titular Flaming Amy, which comes loaded with jalapeños, chipotle peppers, and blooming chiles. Or, if the anticipation of a individual jalapeño makes you wince, go with the Fajitarrito. (You’re not the alone one with blend play, Quesarito.)
Garbo’s Grill
Key West, FL
Despite its growing fame, Garbo’s is still operating as a apprehensive aliment barrow next to the bar Grunt’s. While the beginning angle burritos acquire their own following, husband-and-wife aggregation Eli and Kenna Pancamo are acclaimed for their Korean BBQ burrito, which rolls marinated beef abbreviate rib, cabbage, scallions, carrots, daikon, Sriracha, and citrus-soy bathrobe into one amazing Key West dish.
Freebirds World Burrito
Santa Barbara, CA
Named for the song that charcoal every music fest (sorry, Skynyrd), Freebirds has baffled seven states and counting back it emerged in 1987. You acquire 15 chargeless constituent and several abode salsas and sauces to accept from actuality – but don’t get absent by all the noise. Accomplish a beeline for the quesarito, which was architecture a rep at Freebirds continued afore Taco Bell hopped on the train.
Anna’s Taqueria
Brookline, MA
The acknowledged burrito champ of Boston, Anna’s has accumulated a mini-empire back it aboriginal opened in 1995. It’s now repping six locations in the greater Boston area, and locals allege of it in the aforementioned adherent tones usually aloof for David Ortiz. The tortillas are aflame with cheese, which ability be inauthentic, but is aswell amazing. And you acquire the advantage to super-size, so yield it.
Bell Artery Burritos
Atlanta, GA
Hear us out! Yes, we apperceive a craven and broccoli burrito sounds like the affectionate of abuse that leads to plagues. But in the easily of this acclaimed Atlanta spot, it’s a sin account committing. The craven & broccoli (rest assured, it’s loaded with Jack cheese) is one of Bell Street’s four burrito specials, but you can aswell go with a beneath abashed advantage off its basal burrito card – a card that includes steak, arena beef, shrimp, blooming chilies, potato, pork, chicken, beans, and even added broccoli.
Calexico
New York, NY
When the three Vendley brothers confused from California to New York, they absent the Cal-Mex aliment they grew up with, so they did the accustomed New York affair and opened a aliment cart. A Vendy accolade and hot Martha Stewart Show actualization anon followed, as did several brick-and-mortar locations. Now, you can adore their brand marinated steak burrito all over Manhattan and Brooklyn. Lesson learned: never belittle Martha Stewart’s adept ascendancy of NYC artery food.
Chile Pepper
Yuma, AZ
Chile Pepper already wins credibility for accepting a drive-thru – it’s alleged Mr. G’s and it serves the aforementioned recipes as the Chile Pepper sit-down location. But it’s aswell got abundant aliment at bargain prices. The accomplished bean-and-cheese burrito is just $1.89. Seriously, a ample Coke is added expensive! Accomplish the a lot of of this befalling by canoeing by Mr. G.’s for a baker’s dozen, back scoring double-digit orders of burritos is abundant added agitative than a bassinet of blueberry muffins.
Al & Bea’s
Los Angeles, CA
You apparently already anticipation we were crazy for advising a basal bean-and-cheese at Chile Pepper. But we’re about to do it a additional time, because the one at Al & Bea’s is just that good. Although a lot of California burrito spots crave beef, pork, or at atomic some French fries, humans agitation about the bean-and-cheese because of its impossibly absolute antithesis with the Al & Bea’s red abode sauce. It ability assume boring, but it’s the best move at this about 50-year-old institution.
Black Bear Burritos
Morgantown, WV
Black Bear has bags of reside music and a nice alternative of beers on tap, but this isn’t your archetypal Mid-Atlantic pub. The abode aswell has a diffuse alternative of burritos that toe the band of agnosticism – a activity fry “Mr. Teri Yaki” burrito?! – after leaping appropriate over it. Start with the Irie Member. If you’re up on your Rastafarianisms, you’ll apperceive “irie” is an accomplished accompaniment of actuality and in this case, it indicates a Jamaican jerk booze accoutrement pineapple, beans, cheese, rice, jicama, and your best of meat.
Changos
Austin, TX
Changos abandons any pretensions and focuses instead on abundant burritos and tacos. You’re alive on three levels with the burritos here: Super (beans, rice, cheese, lettuce, acerb cream, tomato, salsa), Maximo (all that with a best of meat), or Bongos for Changos (the Maximo with guac). Despite the latter’s flashier name, we’re advocating you go average of the alley with a Maximo. Don’t let the hordes of UT kids (it’s appropriate next to campus) get in your way.
El Limon
Conshohocken, PA
Philadelphia has several able players (think Los Gallos Mexican Taqueria, Cucina Zapata), but if you wish the actual best, yield a acreage cruise over to Conshohocken. There, you’ll acquisition El Limon, an backward little taqueria that’s packing some austere burritos. As any fan will acquaint you, accepting it after the place’s adorable birthmark is a sin and a crime, so go wet-style. And while you’re there, you ability as able-bodied yield advantage of the FREE MARGARITAS. This is not a joke. Go there now.
Dos Toros
New York, NY
The Calexico bros drew their afflatus from California’s Imperial Valley, but the brothers abaft Dos Toros (Leo and Oliver Kremer) went with a added acceptable muse: the SF Mission District. Like so abounding West Coast transplants, they were abject out by the burrito arena if they accustomed in New York, so they absitively to adjust the botheration with some recipes from home. After putting in time in Mexican restaurant kitchens and honing their burritos with an absorbing 10-day aliment quest, they opened Dos Toros. TheNew York Times was one of the aboriginal to abundance acclaim on the carnitas, but the cardboard of almanac absolutely wasn’t the last. Today, Dos Toros’ able pork bold is well-established, as is the restaurant’s beginning rap career.
El Zarape
San Diego, CA
Shrimp? Good. Steak? Great. Pico de gallo and a appropriate acerb chrism sauce? Outstanding. All this and added (cheese! guac!) can be castigation if you adjustment one of El Zarape’s cream & accommodation burritos. El Z burritos aren’t absolutely monsters, so this isn’t the affectionate of burrito that’ll apprehension your gut. But it is the affectionate you’ll acquire dreams about for years to come.
El Farolito
San Francisco, CA
It’s harder to angle out in San Francisco’s Mission District, an breadth so acclaimed for its august burritos, there’s an absolute class accepted as “Mission-style.” But El Farolito absolutely does. Just analysis out how thoroughly it ashamed the antagonism in Esquire’s clairvoyant poll for a lot of “life-changing” burrito. Devotees will acquire no substitutes, which is apparently why the band apprehension able-bodied out the aperture on any accustomed night. If you can administer to advance through the crowds of addled 20-somethings, adjustment the carne asada.
Flaming Amy’s Burrito Barn
Wilmington, NC
Usually if something’s advertised as “hot, fast, cheap, and easy,” it’s not a compliment. Unless it’s geared at one of the artistic burrito creations at Flaming Amy’s, in which case it’s a commendable guarantee. The Wilmington destination is accepted for accepting a little agrarian with its card – anticipate Philly cheesesteak- and cheeseburger-inspired burritos. Afore you tango with a Philly Phatboy, though, try the titular Flaming Amy, which comes loaded with jalapeños, chipotle peppers, and blooming chiles. Or, if the anticipation of a individual jalapeño makes you wince, go with the Fajitarrito. (You’re not the alone one with blend play, Quesarito.)
Garbo’s Grill
Key West, FL
Despite its growing fame, Garbo’s is still operating as a apprehensive aliment barrow next to the bar Grunt’s. While the beginning angle burritos acquire their own following, husband-and-wife aggregation Eli and Kenna Pancamo are acclaimed for their Korean BBQ burrito, which rolls marinated beef abbreviate rib, cabbage, scallions, carrots, daikon, Sriracha, and citrus-soy bathrobe into one amazing Key West dish.
Freebirds World Burrito
Santa Barbara, CA
Named for the song that charcoal every music fest (sorry, Skynyrd), Freebirds has baffled seven states and counting back it emerged in 1987. You acquire 15 chargeless constituent and several abode salsas and sauces to accept from actuality – but don’t get absent by all the noise. Accomplish a beeline for the quesarito, which was architecture a rep at Freebirds continued afore Taco Bell hopped on the train.
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