La Cuidad

Today I spent Mothers Day the way I always dreamed of since I was a little boy.  I had a burrito with the mother of all burritos, the Burritophile, at La Cuidad.

La Cuidad is Spanish for the city.  I think this place could have been an entire country.  Honestly, I have no idea what I meant by that last comment, but clearly it was meant to mean that the burrito was really, really awesome.  I had an Al Pastor Burrito Squizo…wow!  BBQ pork burrito smothered in melted cheese, it was a little taste of heaven.  My only complaint about the food was that they used a sweet pineapple-ish fruit in the burrito.  I don’t like the mix of sweet and savory.  In fact, I have a little saying, ‘savory before sweet, you have a treat; sweet before savory, not always so flavory'.

La Cuidad is located in a strip mall* at 4515 N Sheridan in the Uptown neighborhood.   It is conveniently located next to a coin laundry and a pawn shop.  This is critical because if you are ever short on burrito cash, you can just hock something next door for some flavor bucks.  The coin laundry comes into play when you get some burrito mess on your shirt.  You can just enjoy your desert ‘shirts off’ while your clothes are next door being cleaned.

Despite the overall greatness of this place I did notice a few things that they could improve on.  First of all, the background music was horrid.  Last time I looked, the Backstreet Boys and Justin Timberlake were not typical Mexican serenade.  Secondly, it was BYOB.  Burritos are best enjoyed with Margaritas, but it isn’t often that I just happen to be rolling with a pitcher of margies in my car.  Honestly, for once I just wanted someone to make me a god d*mn drink.  Finally, this place was far too nice and bright for the surrounding neighborhood.  I really enjoy my uptown burritos in a dark and dirty dump.  Who could enjoy a burrito in a place that could be described as cute?

Despite the detractors, they were nothing compared to the awesomeness of the burrito.  They even gave us complimentary chocolate covered strawberries for desert (savory before sweet).  Post haste and have yourself a burrito at La Cuidad!

*At first I misunderstood the Burritophile this morning and thought we were headed to a strip club for burritos.  I was both intrigued and disgusted.  As a rule, I avoid food at gentlemen’s establishments, but being Mothers day and all, I was willing to make an exception.