As you most likely know, earlier this week Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight proclaimed the Mission’s La Taqueria to be the makers of the best burrito in the country (and world?). Here is the line today.
Dear @FiveThirtyEight: This is line for La Taqueria burritos today, c/o friend on the scene. This is all your fault. pic.twitter.com/G8zJ3jzvwr
— Hannah Levintova (@H_Lev) September 12, 2014
[photo by Gene Goldstein-Plesser]
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People are sheep
They’re “sheep” because someone told them where to get a really good burrito and they went there to check it out? Your standards for human behavior are impossibly high (or something), and doomed to eternal disappointment. Plus, you’re probably going to miss out on some good recommendations in your life.
There’s a difference between a friend’s recommendation, and a website broadcasting an opinion. And yeah, looking at that flock I’d say they resemble sheep. I’m with Evan on this one.
NOW who’s the sheep?
Any decent San Franciscan would have already had a (relatively) mediocre burrito from La Taqueria, and wouldn’t be in this line.
You could actually round up everyone in line, ship them out, and San Francisco would be better off.
I regret to report that your particular claim to “decent San Franciscan” citizenship probably isn’t nearly as interesting, valuable, or commendable as you seem to think it is.
Perhaps, but if you’re on this blog and you’ve never been there, well, you even Mission, BRO?!
this is obviously a great thing, because it just means that these people are NOT waiting in lines at el farolito and cancun! thank you FiveThirtyEight, you blessed little peach you!
That’s assuming it’s a zero sum game. For all we know, the people in this line came all the way from Boston and New York just to have the “best” burrito.
I think one of Mission Mission’s reporters should do a survey of the people in line and report back.
Indeed
i concur with the sheep assessment. la taqueria has been around for many years and has always been very busy and popular, deservingly. it wasn’t until a celebrity made mention of la taqueria that suddenly this happened. i believe this is what is known as the tartine syndrome.
i’d like to know if all those people are ordering burritos. the place is best known for the tacos (hence the name). i think most people know you can get a better burrito elsewhere.
Losers
That’s fine, as long as all the gringos are centrally located.
best hot sauce too
Regardless of whether locals go elsewhere, it’s great that a longstanding neighborhood business gets a spike in customers from some good publicity. That much longer they can stay in business, while upscale-y fake Mexican places open up left and right. I hope the attention will help La Taqueria and others like it stay open for many years to come.
Chino makes the best food in The City, please go there.
Hell serves the best ice water, please go there.
My mind’s in the toilet, I keep thinking the title of this post is Behold the 538 Burrito Dump.
Your head is in the toilet, eating my dump.
I know you are, but what am I?
Burrito cocaine bump?
Let’s not kid ourselves. Half of that line probably consists of people who just wanted to stand in a line.
these comments are great. never seen so many people so angry over absolutely nothing. SF is great for white whine.
hahahaha, whining about whiners.
What did he base his findings on? It’s a good burrito but the carnitas burrito from La Palma knocks everyone else off the map.