By Rin Conley
It’s Tuesday at 11:59 am. Your stomach is rumbling and your mind is too far-gone to concentrate on work. The clock strikes noon and your heart skips a beat. Finally: lunch hour. As you rush to your car, you contemplate what you want to eat. One word comes to mind: burritos.
In Concord, NH, there are two serious choices for burritos: Boloco and Dos Amigos. Trying to compare the two restaurants is like asking someone to compare a Ferrari and an iPhone. It just wouldn’t make sense since both are so great. The restaurants each have very unique and ingredients and styles regarding burritos.
If you’re in the mood for something fresh and Mexican, Dos Amigos is the place to go. Located on Main Street, this food will fill you up. The menu ranges from BBQ chicken burritos and vegetarian chili to grilled corn on the cob. A regular chicken burrito, including marinated chicken, rice, black beans, lettuce, cheese, your choice of hot sauce and yogurt or sour cream, will set you back $6.50 plus tax. All burrito orders come with a side of tortilla chips covered in a salt and pepper type seasoning.
There are options for vegetarians too, including bean, vegetarian chili, portabella mushroom, sweet potato, or spinach and tofu. The bean burrito is simple but delicious. The sour cream and homemade salsa are a great addition to the black beans, and the burrito is made even better by the Tabasco sauce sitting at your table.
Dos Amigos also has a small kid’s menu, options of side orders, and a variety of drinks, both bottled and fountain.
But maybe you’re craving for something different. Mexican food may not be the first word that comes to mind when you step into Boloco. The atmosphere is almost that of a café: the Starbucks of burritos if you will. The menu is quite extensive. They have eight different pre-made burritos you can choose from in three different sizes, Original, Small, and Mini (each burrito can also be ordered as a bowl, something similar to a salad). For these burritos, you decide on a filling, including chicken, white meat chicken, steak, carnitas (braised pork), tofu, fajita vegetables, or “none of the above” (served as is).
Another option at Boloco is the “Goloco” burrito in which you decide absolutely everything that goes in the tortilla. A small burrito, considered the “regular” size, of any flavor, costs $5.35 plus tax.
One great meal at Boloco is the Memphis BBQ burrito. It’s unconventional and will remind you nothing of a normal burrito, but the flavors definitely work. It’s packed full of sweet barbecue sauce, creamy coleslaw, pinto beans, “Boloco” rice, and served on a flour tortilla. The coleslaw and barbeque sauce meld together for a sweet, creamy, spicy, crunchy, medley of flavor. Either chicken or tofu greatly compliments this burrito.
Boloco also has a wide array of smoothies, with eight different flavors and optional add-ins such as whey and vitamin-c.
Regardless of what restaurant you chose, you’re in for a treat. Both have friendly employees, great ingredients, and above all, delicious burritos.
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