R.I.P. Burrito Brothers
Once upon a time, Burrito Brothers dotted the city, and people would line up in the early hours of the morning for delicious post-bar meals. And all was well.
There were many Burrito Brothers locations in the city. They opened. They closed. But there was always the store on Capitol Hill. It had been there forever.
We were telling the kids about Burrito Brothers — they had it once at the Union Station location when they were in early elementary school — and we looked it up to see the closest location so we could go for a meal, and we learned THAT IT HAD CLOSED FOREVER FIVE HOURS EARLIER.
I feel like we somehow caused this. Or maybe we just felt a disturbance in the air, and it made us start talking about it. I will never get to have another spinach burrito, and I am so sad.
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I’m sorry you won’t get to enjoy your spinach burrito (but not at all sorry if I never see it on a menu – the thought of what it might be makes me gag a little. Thanks for that nightmare fuel).
When I try to plan events for my friends, it’s like I’m asking the universe to prevent it. I like to recount the time I organized an outing to see U2 and Beck (maybe? I think that was their opener). We were all set to go, it was gonna be a great show, and wouldn’t you know it? The night before the concert, the local judiciary released a really unpopular ruling, and U2 canceled the concert due to riots. Tried again last year – invited my friends to go see Simple Minds with Modern English and Soft Cell. It was at an amphitheater with lawn seats, though we were sitting in actual seats. It had rained earlier in the day, but that didn’t matter to the lawn seat people because there were MAYBE 200 attendees, so you could pretty much sit where you wanted. I gave up on planning after that. So I see you on causing chaos…
I’m sorry you won’t get to have your burrito again. That is so sad.
I do have a Burrito Brothers adjacent story. Last summer my family and I were traveling. We were not in your area but I had heard of Burrito Brothers. At least I assume it was BB. I was clearly confused because we found a restaurant named Burrito Boyz, thought it was a part of the same chain/franchise I had heard of, and chose it for a meal. I will refrain from going into detail but it was… very not good. So. Lesson learned. Do the research. And no one go to Burrito Boyz.