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Tucson loves burritos, from A to Z

When it comes to burritos, there’s no shortage of Tucson favorites judging from the enthusiastic response to our latest Madness callout.

The 32 nominees that made our bracket by popular demand literally range from A (Anita Street Market) to Z (Zivaz Mexican Bistro), with plenty of variety in between. Many are family owned and operated. Some have locations throughout the area, and others are food trucks with devoted followings.

The first round of voting starts next Thursday. The ultimate winner will be revealed Sept. 10.

Here are your favorite 32 burrito places:

The original 32

1. Anita Street Market, 849 N. Anita Ave., 882-5280.

2. Aqui Con El Nene, food truck set up at 4415 N. Flowing Wells Road, 312-1666.

3. BK's, 5118 S. 12th Ave., bktacos.com

4. B-Line, 621 N. Fourth Ave, blinerestaurant.com

5. Baja Cafe, 7002 E Broadway, bajacafetucson.com

6. Los Betos, multiple locations, including 9495 E. Golf Links Road, 886-0561.

7. Casa Molina, multiple restaurants including 6225 E. Speedway, 886-5468, casamolina.com

8. Casa Sanchez, 8320 N. Thornydale Road, 579-2351.

9. El Charro, four locations, including 311 N. Court Ave., elcharrocafe.com

10. Guero Canelo, Four locations including 2480 N. Oracle Road, elguerocanelo.com

11. Jason's Mexican Food, 4230 N. Oracle Road, 2400 N. Pantano Road and a food truck at 6041 E. 22nd St. Facebook page.

12. Maico Restaurant Mexican Food, 835 E. 22nd St. 294-2836.

13. Las Margaritas, 6011 N. Oracle Road, 297-8341; 3602 E. Grant Road, 323-9880, lasmargaritastucson.com

14. Mi Nidito, 1813 S. Fourth Ave. 622-5081, www.minidito.net

15. Nana's Kitchen, 8225 N Courtney Page Way, 395-2508, mexicanrestauranttucson.com

16. Nico's, multiple locations including 2965 N. Campbell Ave., 327-3190.

17. Ole Mexican Grill, 2080 W. Orange Grove Road, 219-7215, tucsonmexicangrill.com

18. Paco's Mexican Food, 5563 E Grant Road, 733-5935.

19. Poco & Mom's Restaurant, 1060 S Kolb Road (325-7044) and 7000 E.Tanque Verde Road (296-9759), www.pocoandmoms.com

20. El Potosino Mexican Food, 7865 E. Speedway, 722-7578, elpotosinomexicanfood.com

21. Rosa's Mexican Food Restaurant, 1750 E. Fort Lowell Road, 325-0362, www.tucsonmexicanrestaurant.com

22. St. Mary's Tortilla Factory, St Mary’s Tortilla Factory, 1030 W. St. Marys Road, 884-1629.

23. Tania's Flour Tortillas & Mexican Food, 2856 W. Drexel Road, 883-1595; Tania's 33, 614 N. Grande Ave., 622-0685, www.taniastortillas.com

24. El Taco, now a food truck, find it on Facebook under The Original El Taco.

25. Tacos Apson, 3501 S. 12th Ave., 670-1248.

26. Taco Bron, Tucson International Airport, 7250 S. Tucson Blvd.

27. Taco Giro Authentic Mexican Food & Seafood, five locations including 5754 E. 22nd St., 514-2199, www.tacogirotucson.com

28. Taco Shop Co., 1350 E. Broadway, 622-1899. On Facebook.

29. Taqueria Juanitos, 708 W. Grant Road, 623-2222, taqueriajuanitos.com

30. Teresa's Mosaic Cafe, 2456 N. Silver Mosaic Dr., 624-4512, teresamosaiccafe.com Also, Mosaic Cafe Dos, 7354 N. La Cholla Blvd., 297-8470.

31. Whata Burro, A food truck, find it at 12th Avenue and Irvington Road, 272-5490. Also on Facebook.

32. Zivaz Mexican Bistro, 4590 E Broadway, 325-1234, www.zivaz.com

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That's a friggin battle royale of burritos!!

pfft...needs taqueria el pueblito on there.

Los Betos is life

What kind of burrito? Just within a stones throw of my old work, the Cabeza at Juanito's was just as good as the Red Chile at Saint Marys, which was just as good as the Chorizo at Anita Street Market. They are all friggin' amazing.

Gueros hot dogs are overrated, but their Carne Asada burros are crack. I'm guessing they are gonna win because its a trendy place anyhow.

The green chili burro (enchilada style) at Carolina's up here in Phoenix is pretty damn good.

carne seca at El Minuto Cafe

Manna from Heaven. I just had the best Chile' Rojo Burrito I have ever had. Tasted like my nana jsut rolled it up for me.

Gato Salvaje wrote:carne seca at El Minuto Cafe

I always get carne seca when in Tucson. My favorite place is El Molinito. So much cheaper than El Charro.

Pretty scary that Los Betos is #6 on that list..

It appears that I have a lot of burritos to try.

threenumberones wrote:Pretty scary that Los Betos is #6 on that list..

It's alphabetical.

I would be grumpy at '97. . . but I have TacoLOBO!





(srsly. . . we have good stuff up here)

ghostwhitehorse wrote:I would be grumpy at '97. . . but I have TacoLOBO!





(srsly. . . we have good stuff up here)

that looks really frickin good too, GWH!

ghostwhitehorse wrote:I would be grumpy at '97. . . but I have TacoLOBO!





(srsly. . . we have good stuff up here)

Looks good, but not authentic.


1. Birria (Barbecued pork w/ 3 fresh tortillas) $8.75


NO!!!

Birria is goat stew using chiles, Not barbecued pork.



32. Carne Asada (top sirloin)

Not sirloin, flank, skirt and flap steaks.