k- where to get a GOOD burrito in NYC

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<p>At the risk of beating a dead burrito:</p>

<p>Complaining that in NYC, “a city of millions,” it “seems a taqueria is hard to find” (like going to Georgia and trying to order a “turkey sandwich” with “avocado”) seems to me to be a bit like traveling to Italy, then complaining that it’s “hard to find” a good cheeseburger. </p>

<p>Hey, the whole point of traveling is to experience new things, including new foods - not to try to replicate what you have back home. (And NYC, believe me, offers all kinds of things [if, that is, one is open to them] that simply cannot be found in SF.)</p>

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I know what you mean, even tho the fish is flown in from the very same place. Eating sushi in Utah is just weird.</p>

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<p>Sounds like the chorus to an intriguing country-and-western song . . . .</p>

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<p>Sadly, too many “Mexican” restaurants in Nueva York are just pricier versions of chains like Chi-chi’s but with color photographs on their menus. There was a boom in Mexican cuisine in Manhattan back in the early 1980s “we use authentic mesquite wood in our oven,” but that era is over and many Mexican restaurants closed after that time. It’s kind of surprising that the recent gain in the numbers of Mexican residents in NYC has not produced better cuisine from that part of the world.</p>

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<p>There are a no. of good authentic Mexican places in NYC - but you won’t find them in the better parts of town.</p>

<p>For good, quick Americanized burritos - there’s always Blockheads or the eponymous Burritoville chain.</p>