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Title: They love their burritos in Texas...
Post by: makattak on March 21, 2011, 04:40:28 PM
MAYBE a bit too much:

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/03/21/angry-taco-bell-customer-fires-officers-police-say/

Guy gets upset that the price of his burrito is $1.49 instead of $.99. Attacks the Taco Bell worker and then fires at police after barricading himself in a hotel room.


 ???
Title: Re: They love their burritos in Texas...
Post by: Fly320s on March 21, 2011, 04:53:35 PM
If it was a 360 Gourmet burrito or a La Victoria burrito then I could sympathize. But a Taco Bell "burrito?"
 [barf]
Title: Re: They love their burritos in Texas...
Post by: PTK on March 21, 2011, 05:06:55 PM
Fires with a BB gun.

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Tillerson told police that the man got angry, pulled out a BB gun and fired at him before fleeing into the parking lot.


http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/03/21/2011-03-21_taco_bell_fan_rages_after_price_of_burrito_rises_shoots_at_cops_and_triggers_3_1.html
Title: Re: They love their burritos in Texas...
Post by: 41magsnub on March 21, 2011, 06:16:22 PM
Fires with a BB gun.


http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/03/21/2011-03-21_taco_bell_fan_rages_after_price_of_burrito_rises_shoots_at_cops_and_triggers_3_1.html

Then he moved to an "assault weapon" for the cops.  That of course could mean anything but I presume it means a real gun of some sort.

queue the AK-47 poster!
Title: Re: They love their burritos in Texas...
Post by: AZRedhawk44 on March 21, 2011, 06:22:07 PM


Guy gets upset that the price of his burrito is $1.49 instead of $.99.




Hell, I'm upset that they got rid of the 59/79/99 menu.

I eat a lot less fast food now that I can't get fast food for less than $5, but I can still go to Chili's, Applebee's or the local pub and get something decent for less than $10.  The price differential just is too close.
Title: Re: They love their burritos in Texas...
Post by: Perd Hapley on March 21, 2011, 06:31:55 PM
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Police say a San Antonio Taco Bell customer enraged that the seven burritos he ordered had gone up in price fired an air gun at an employee and later fired an assault rifle at officers before barricading himself into a hotel room.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/03/21/angry-taco-bell-customer-fires-officers-police-say/#ixzz1HHAlPoxy

'Cause your air gun is just for fighting your way to a rifle.
Title: Re: They love their burritos in Texas...
Post by: CSM Kersh on March 21, 2011, 07:02:06 PM
Here's a local news story on the mess. (http://www.ksat.com/news/27265989/detail.html)

He fired a BB gun at the store clerk, then fled outside and placed a "machinegun" on the roof of his vehicle.  Fire a shot or 2 at the cops when they arrived very quickly.  Standoff lasted about 4 hours once he was holed up in his motel room.  CS cured that.

Title: Re: They love their burritos in Texas...
Post by: Bogie on March 21, 2011, 08:37:07 PM
Hey, I've been likin' that double cheesy burrito or whatever it's called that has a bunch of the fire-breathin' fritos wrapped up in it - At $0.99, it'll set you on fire...
Title: Re: They love their burritos in Texas...
Post by: Perd Hapley on March 21, 2011, 09:08:24 PM
What if I told you that your 99-cent burrito had been replaced by a $1.50 burrito?
Title: Re: They love their burritos in Texas...
Post by: roo_ster on March 21, 2011, 09:48:23 PM
What if I told you that your 99-cent burrito had been replaced by a $1.50 burrito?

Kaos!

Really, the only Mexican food worth fighting over is that served at Joe T Garcia's in Fort Worth.  You pay what they ask and pay gladly.  If someone tries to take it from you after you've paid, then may God have mercy on his soul. 
Title: Re: They love their burritos in Texas...
Post by: zxcvbob on March 21, 2011, 09:54:25 PM
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They love their burritos in Texas...
MAYBE a bit too much
Ya darn tootin'!
Title: Re: They love their burritos in Texas...
Post by: Tallpine on March 21, 2011, 10:11:53 PM
So isn't a burrito a little donkey  ???   :lol:

There's a mexican place by Magic Mountain that I really like called "El Torrito" (little bull?)
Title: Re: They love their burritos in Texas...
Post by: MechAg94 on March 21, 2011, 10:39:35 PM
If it was a 360 Gourmet burrito or a La Victoria burrito then I could sympathize. But a Taco Bell "burrito?"
 [barf]

If you get around Houston, try Freebirds.
Title: Re: They love their burritos in Texas...
Post by: Perd Hapley on March 21, 2011, 11:02:24 PM
Bad words in video, web site not work-safe:
Chris Farley finds out his burrito costs $1.50 (http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/696639)
Title: Re: They love their burritos in Texas...
Post by: Pharmacology on March 21, 2011, 11:27:19 PM
If you get around Houston, try Freebirds.

>Mexican food
>freebirds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FopyRHHlt3M
Title: Re: They love their burritos in Texas...
Post by: MicroBalrog on March 21, 2011, 11:36:38 PM
Can anybody explain to me why use CS on an armed suspect who has no hostages and has shot at police before?

Why not just put a grenade into the room and end the conversation there and then?
Title: Re: They love their burritos in Texas...
Post by: CSM Kersh on March 21, 2011, 11:39:49 PM

Unlike many departments, SAPD prefers to take them in alive.  I've seen them take 4 hours before rather than kicking a door and shooting someone.  Now if an officer had actually been hit by gunfire, RoE would be different.
Title: Re: They love their burritos in Texas...
Post by: Azrael256 on March 22, 2011, 12:31:07 AM
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Really, the only Mexican food worth fighting over is that served at Joe T Garcia's in Fort Worth.

Yeah, I don't get that.  I mean, it was worth eating, but I don't see why everybody raves about it.  My theory about "Mexican" restaurants is that they're frequented by Gringos who don't have any Mexican friends who can cook.

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Guy gets upset that the price of his burrito is $1.49 instead of $.99. Attacks the Taco Bell worker and then fires at police after barricading himself in a hotel room.
Are we sue this didn't happen after he ate the burrito?  'Cause then it would be self defense.
Title: Re: They love their burritos in Texas...
Post by: seeker_two on March 22, 2011, 06:00:04 AM
If you get around Houston, try Freebirds.

Also found in the Austin and College Station area....good stuff....  =D


But, for a good Mexican chain restaurant, nothing beats Ninfa's......  :cool:
Title: Re: They love their burritos in Texas...
Post by: erictank on March 22, 2011, 06:14:55 AM
Also found in the Austin and College Station area....good stuff....  =D


But, for a good Mexican chain restaurant, nothing beats Ninfa's......  :cool:

I'm about 95% sure that's the place my wife and I go to whenever we're in Atlanta for DragonCon - EXCELLENT food.  Wish they had one here in the DC area.
Title: Re: They love their burritos in Texas...
Post by: zxcvbob on March 22, 2011, 02:23:49 PM
But, for a good Mexican chain restaurant, nothing beats Ninfa's......  :cool:
That was true 20 years ago, but now I'm not so sure.  Do you go to the original Ninfa's on Navigation St, or one of the newer ones?

The best Mexican food I've had in Texas was at Doneraki, on Fulton (also 20 years ago.)  But the Mexican food I really liked was in Colorado; it seemed to be more American Indian-ish rather than Texan or Californian, and was probably more authentic "Mexican".  It had a lot more peppers, and a lot less beef and cumin, and no tomatoes.
Title: Re: They love their burritos in Texas...
Post by: Fly320s on March 22, 2011, 02:50:21 PM
I've been to Ninfa's near Houston Hobby airport. Good food, excellent margaritas.

To continue the thread veer... there is a difference between Mexican food and Tex-Mex. I prefer Tex-Mex because it has more flavor, veggies, varieties, options, etc.  I've had real Mexican food in Matamoros, Chihuahua, Torreon, and Cancun and it was all a little less rich and flavorful. A bit simple compared to Tex-Mex.

And then there is New Mexico/southwestern Mexican. That is wonderful, but hard to find. I need to get back to Santa Fe.
Title: Re: They love their burritos in Texas...
Post by: MechAg94 on March 22, 2011, 03:22:22 PM
The one thing I agree with actual Mexicans about is that Tex-Mex normally has way way too much cheese.

Ninfa's in the Galleria in Houston is also very good.  I think it depends on the individual restaurant.  
Pappasito's in Houston has some of the best fajitas ever.  They taste like prime steak cut into well flavored fajitas.  Very good.  I'm not sure the rest of their stuff is any better than anyone else though.  I might actually understand the guy's reaction if someone tried to take his Pappasitos take out fajitas, but those are a whole lot more than $1.50.
Title: Re: They love their burritos in Texas...
Post by: MechAg94 on March 22, 2011, 03:25:13 PM
Also found in the Austin and College Station area....good stuff....  =D


But, for a good Mexican chain restaurant, nothing beats Ninfa's......  :cool:
Yeah, I figured Houston is a more likely destination than College Station.  No one wants to go to Austin.   =D

Freebirds was across the street from campus in College Station when was at A&M.  It was a staple food for a lot of students.  I think that is the original place, but I am not sure of that.
Title: Re: They love their burritos in Texas...
Post by: seeker_two on March 22, 2011, 10:46:04 PM
That was true 20 years ago, but now I'm not so sure.  Do you go to the original Ninfa's on Navigation St, or one of the newer ones?


Never been to the original one....my experiences are in Austin, College Station, and Waco. All good places, but the restaurant design can get noisy sometimes.

Best original place to go is Chuy's in Austin....the rest of the chain doesn't compare to the original....  :cool:
Title: Re: They love their burritos in Texas...
Post by: Balog on March 23, 2011, 01:15:49 AM
Only thing I miss about CA is Santana's, which was cheap delicious drive through friendly and offered carne asada nachos. No Mexican joint I've found in WA is as good.
Title: Re: They love their burritos in Texas...
Post by: Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas on March 23, 2011, 01:39:19 AM
I don't. They are foul things in my eyes.

People don't seem to realize there was a reason Tejas wanted to be part of the United States, not part of Mexico. I continue to believe that this was because of the food.
Title: Re: They love their burritos in Texas...
Post by: roo_ster on March 23, 2011, 07:42:31 AM
And then there is New Mexico/southwestern Mexican. That is wonderful, but hard to find. I need to get back to Santa Fe.

I get that whenever I get to Las Cruces and have found hte Mexican chow around Terlingua to be of that sort.  Yum.
Title: Re: They love their burritos in Texas...
Post by: Pharmacology on March 23, 2011, 12:34:34 PM
I get that whenever I get to Las Cruces and have found hte Mexican chow around Terlingua to be of that sort.  Yum.

Next time you're in Las cruces, go to Si Senor,  or make the trip to El Paso to Carnitas Queretaro.
Queretaro is the best mexican place in el paso, hands down.
Title: Re: They love their burritos in Texas...
Post by: Tallpine on March 23, 2011, 08:28:11 PM
When I was little we used to go to a Mexican place in Austin.  It seems like it was near downtown/Congress Ave.  I can remember that it was in an old adobe type building/house with thick walls, arched doorways, and little rooms with only 2 or 3 tables each.

Probably long since gone - this was 50+ years ago...  ;/
Title: Re: They love their burritos in Texas...
Post by: zxcvbob on March 23, 2011, 10:41:33 PM
I can remember that it was in an old adobe type building/house with thick walls, arched doorways, and little rooms with only 2 or 3 tables each.  Probably long since gone - this was 50+ years ago...  ;/
The Alamo?  No wait, that's in San Antonio. 
Title: Re: They love their burritos in Texas...
Post by: Tallpine on March 24, 2011, 07:19:50 PM
The Alamo?  No wait, that's in San Antonio. 

I've been to the Alamo at about that same time frame.  The rooms were definitely bigger there  ;)
Title: Re: They love their burritos in Texas...
Post by: El Tejon on March 24, 2011, 08:12:36 PM
Well, I could see being upset if Mamacita's in Kerrville was closed.  However, can't you just go down the street to another taco joint?
Title: Re: They love their burritos in Texas...
Post by: Bogie on March 24, 2011, 09:54:04 PM
We gave one of the Compound Kids a coupla crunchy double-cheesy $0.99 burritos. Kid made 'em go away, along with a buncha caffeine.
 
Somewhat later, there was a trip to the bathroom, followed by much bitching about "too spicy food."
 
Title: Re: They love their burritos in Texas...
Post by: MechAg94 on March 25, 2011, 12:23:20 PM
Well, I could see being upset if Mamacita's in Kerrville was closed.  However, can't you just go down the street to another taco joint?
Once you get used to good Tex-Mex, just any old place won't cut it.