Benny's Burritos (East Village)
6th and A
serviceable
mediocre, lacks spunk
New York Mission-esque style, overpriced but seems friendly and comfortable. Heather finds their spinach burrito delicious and their mango salsa wonderful. I'm just going to trust her on that one. I have had some tasty drinks there.

Big Enchilada (East Village)
28 E 12 St @ University
Never again. Raj took two bites of his bean & cheese taco and threw it away. Cheap and icky. Not that cheap is always icky, in fact cheap is preferred. But this...at least we didn't get sick.

Blue Moon (Chelsea)
150 8 Ave @ 17 St
NY, NY 10011
(212) 463-0560
Could be good except for crucial fuckups such as canned roasted red peppers and stale chips. Reasonable prices for the 'hood, although on the way to the L we passed a place that looked better.....but turned out not to be

Burrito Loco (West Village)
166 W. 4th St.
off 6th Ave.
New York, NY 10014
(212) 675-1977
It was far too salty to even come close to being able to tell if it might be good otherwise. and then of course there was the upset stomach....

Burritoville (Everywhere)
A streetcorner near you
Actually I've been to the one in the East Village a couple o times. It was say, better than the Cosmic Cantina but...y'know, it just didn't occur to me to put Burritoville in until someone reminded me. Unremarkable but safe.

Cosmic Cantina (East Village)
105 3RD Ave
btw. 13th and 14th
New York, NY 10003
(212) 420-0975
It seems I was here once many moons ago - I remembered it as a hippy restaurant on a corner, the food was decent though not spectacular. When I went back to check it out again, it looked like it had recently(?) moved half a block, was now order at the counter, and served not really very good food, fresh as it may try to be.

El Cantinero (Union Square-ish)
86 University Pl.
Btw 11th and 12th
212-255-9378
never again
Salsa tastes like ketchup. Burnt salty cheese and lots of it. Only had worse once. Bland beans. Soggy tostada. Muddy burrito. Good god I don't even want to think about it.

El Nuevo Amancer (Lower East Side)
117 Stanton St @ Essex
New York, NY 10002
(212) 387-9115
Not so good - icky margaritas, icky tacos - stale tortillas that had been shoved in the oven for a bit so they got all kinda hard in an over-cooked kinda way, mediocre burrito - more of a local crowd than The Hat (El Sombrero).

El Paso
134 W. Houston and Sullivan
serviceable
Not too cheap, tex-mexy. Thank Raj for his better memory:"they're doing what they can to make things seem classy, but it isn't quite working. Serving Corona in a wine glass next to a completely forgettable burrito under low light does not warrant the kind of prices they charge." Its true, its all true...It felt kinda like when you go out to dinner with your grandparents in a small town or something...

El Sombrero (Lower East Side)
108 Stanton St. @ Ludlow
New York, NY 10002
(212) 254-1529
Bad to Mediocre. Heather gives a thumbs up to their margaritas. Well, not literally. It was email and what she really said was that she found them enjoyable.

Flying Burrito Brothers (West Village)
165 W. 4th St.
New York, NY 10014
(212) 691-3663
Margarita on the rocks tasted like lime-aid. Decent for NY Hippy-ish Cal-Mex, at least if you happen to be right there.

Kitchen/Market (Chelsea)
8th Ave &21st
next to food bright
Take out only, tortillas and a small but good selection of not always easy to find grocery items. The burrito was decent, but disappointing.

Mary Ann's (Chelsea, East Village)
116 8th Ave. @16th St.
85 2 Ave @ 5 St
Good Chips, salsa bland but fresh. Good margaritas (rocks). Decent and has potential, but not very exciting. Many many beans. Second visit at East Village location was just too Tex-Mexish heavy cheesy to want to go back.

Paquitos (East Village)
143 First Ave.
(btw St. Marks and 9th)
175 Third Ave. @18th
135 E 28th St. @Lex
New York, NY
open until 11:30
Decent enchilada style burrito. good depth of flavor for the style. Not so good margaritas, but then, there is always beer. Decent tacos. Tasty salsa. Its a good neighborhood standby. Worth walking across Manhattan for (especially if its late and Uncle Moe's is closed) but I wouldn't change boroughs. It can be inconsistent, I don't recall it ever being inedibly horrible, just disappointing and frustrating. The best service is likely when its busier.There are several locations - the one I've been to is the 1st Ave. location. The others locations may be a bit cheaper as a trade for no table service.

San Loco (East Village, Lower East Side)
151 Ave. A btw. 9th & 10th st
124 2nd Ave. Btw 7th & St. Marks
111 Stanton St. Btw Essex & Ludlow
New York, NY
Not bad - only had a taco. Reminiscent of midwestern mom tacos - sauce of taco bell - reminded me of Fresh Tortillas but not as bland

Uncle Moe's (Union Square-ish)
4W 19th btw 5th
and 6th and 34th Park Slope
Fun, friendly and a good selection of fillings and what not. Tortillas tend to be dry but otherwise good. Little salsa bar. They close kinda early, around 9 or 10.