There, I said it. I like Anna's Taqueria, haven't gone to Boca Grande or Qdoba, and refuse to enter Chipotle; Boloco is the place I go to get my burrito fix. If another burrito place is closer then fine, I'll go there, but I'll always come back to the place I love. Three hours ago I finished one of their burritos and since then have been in an inordinately good mood. This one was the Yucatan Habañero burrito, which consisted of organic oven-baked tofu, habañero salsa, pickled red onions, sour cream, black beans and rice, all wrapped in a flour tortilla. De-licious. The salsa was hot but manageable and tasty, didn't burn my lips; the onions were wonderfully crunchy and sour-- I've never had a burrito quite like this one.
To be fair, it isn't really a burrito, strictly speaking. Boloco does offer the traditional burrito with beans and rice and salsa and cheese, but has lots of other offerings that qualify more as "wraps". I haven't tried all eight burrito variations but I plan to someday. I love that there are all these options, as well as the option to make your own burrito, but what tops this chain above others is that they offer tofu AND fajita vegetables as vegetarian subsitutes for chicken or beef or carnitas. Most other places only offer some vegetable variant, which is nice, but I love tofu and the protein and texture it brings to the overall burrito. At most places there are limited vegetarian options, which I've come to accept since I'm not otherwise a picky eater; it's just the cherry on top to have TWO different filling choices.
Beyond the menu, I can really get behind the company's efforts to go green, which started even before it became a trend. For as long as I've been going there they've offered all organic meat and tofu and have a user-friendly system of sorting trash and recyclables at their locations. Their cold drink cups are compostable, made from corn. Really I can't find much objectionable about Boloco. They're always fast and efficient and I've never had a leaky burrito. If I could only go out to eat at one restaurant for the rest of my life I'd chose Boloco.
I think I've been to the one in Brighton for, what I would describe as, the history's most massively awkward birthday party. I have to stand behind Chipotle, however... I've been to the original one in Colorado, and we just got one near my university in Providence. They're rather environmentally concerned, too!
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