Comments on: First Burrito Served in San Francisco?

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By: Panda Express Invented Chop Suey on July 4, 1862

Panda Express Invented Chop Suey on July 4, 1862 — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:58:51 +0000

I doubt people would remember the exact date they served a “Mexican Food” that’s not really eaten in Mexico. It’s a good ploy to get a buzz around your restaurant though.

I love Wikipedia and trust it for most subjects. Burritos are not one of them. The fact that nearly all important events on the Burrito Timeline entry take place in SF and not anywhere near the border hints towards the inaccuracy.

It’s unlikely that folks who were chomping down on burritos before 9/26/61 would write a Wikipedia entry about it. Wikipedia’s source for El Faro being the first SF Super/burrito is a 1993 SF Weekly article. Not exactly an infoulable bible. The author probably just read the sign posted outside the restaurant.

By: Lael

Lael — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:10:36 +0000

that’s the same day as my birthday! sf burritos and I are long lost kindred spirits!

By: Burritoeater

Burritoeater — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:31:56 +0000

Everyone here’s right. El Faro is kind of taking a liberty by posting that sign at its Kearny/Belden location, which makes it look as if the fateful event occurred on the edge of the Financial District rather than at 20th and Folsom. El Farito Market (kitty corner from El Faro Taqueria) just closed last year, or maybe earlier this year; Tablehopper.com reported several months ago that it’s supposed to become a sausage place in the near future.

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:07:29 +0000

That place on Belden Place *IS* an El Faro.

By: Katie Ann

Katie Ann — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:00:18 +0000

My in-laws, who lived in the Mission in the 60s and 70s remember the first time they ever saw a burrito. It was at a market around 16th street near Guerrero & Valencia. The Market doesn’t exist anymore. The burritos were $1.25.

By: no one in particular

no one in particular — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:11:04 +0000

Wikipedia, the best source of things “everybody knows” (be they correct or not), agrees with Josh.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_burrito

If the claims of the owner of “El Faro” are to believed, the first San Francisco burrito was sold September 26, 1961 to a group of San Francisco firefighters, using two 6-inch tortillas to play the role of what would later become the large single tortilla. The fact that he did not have — and had not previously considered the need for — larger tortillas suggests that the birth of the San Francisco burrito as we now know it probably did not come earlier than that time.

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:18:22 +0000

that’s 20th and folsom

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:18:02 +0000

Burrito or Super Burrito? Everybody knows the Super Burrito was invented at El Faro on 29th and Folsom.