Kelly's Deli

Details:

• Rating: 4.86
• Order: Super Burrito - $8.50
• Meat: Carne Asada - 4
• Beans: Pinto - 6
• Rice: 5
• Guacamole: No
• Crema: 6
• Salsa: Spicy - 7
• Tortilla: 1
• Cheese: 3
• Size: 4
• Taste: 5

Description:

Kelly’s Deli is attached to the outside of Home Depot. Sooo...yeah. There isn’t too much to say about this burrito besides that it wasn’t very good. Hard to say exactly why, but not good. The meat was definitely not great. It was almost like ground beef and tasted like some odd type of pork. The tortilla had a huge wad of packed up thick tortilla at the seam (see picture). The salsa was so spicy that it masked the flavors of almost everything else. The cheese was completely unmelted, and there was oil dripping everywhere (but not yummy oil). Ok, well I guess it wasn't too hard to say exactly why this wasn't a good burrito. But with that being said, there were some redeeming factors. The meat was flavorful (albeit odd flavor) and the beans were good. They overloaded on the good ingredients and not rice. And the crema and salsa were good, but spicy. The salsa had lots of onions and cilantro that were very nice. But still, I can’t recommend it beyond saying it’s a filling and convenient stop while shopping at Home Depot.

Other Notes:
No chips or salsa.

La Mission

Details:

• Rating: 5.54
• Order: Burrito - $10.30
• Meat: Carne Asada - 8.5
• Beans: Refried - 7
• Rice: 3
• Guacamole: No
• Crema: 4
• Salsa: Tomatillo - 6
• Tortilla: 3
• Cheese: 7.5
• Size: 4
• Taste: 6

Description:

Right off the bat, this place is a little bit more Americanized than your typical taqueria. So, the higher price point is not too surprising, but definitely not a plus. The highlight of the burrito was clearly the freshly grilled carne asada. It was flavorful and nicely charred, but not too oily (which I would’ve preferred more oil). The rest of the burrito was pretty average at best. The tortilla was almost uncooked and about half of the burrito was only undercooked rice. And not even very good rice. But, the beans were good, the scarce salsa was good, and the cheese was nicely melted even though it was thrown on cold. The crema was extra sour and not very creamy or plentiful. The burrito was an average to small size, which is still filling enough. The meat got a solid “wow” on first impression, but not enough of it and a whole lot of “meh” from the other ingredients make this an expensive burrito only worth getting if you’re already in the area. Oh yeah and guacamole is your typical $2 extra, guac and crema are 35¢ each...dumb.

Other Notes:
No chips, no salsa bar.