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She delivered menus and answered our 'stupid' questions about specialty
dishes with a suspicious look and said she'd be back when we'd made a
decision.
The menu looked surprisingly interesting and sure enough, just as she
said, Juan's Super Burrito, wrapped in a spinach tortilla was the posted
headliner. Dub ordered that, because he always orders burritos in a Mexican
restaurant, and I tried the pork enchiladas, because I always order
enchiladas. We do this, not because we are in a rut, but because it
is the only way we can compare flavor, and do not want to miss the best
one ever when it comes along. Yuh, sure. While waiting for
our meal to arrive, we [pretend to] enjoy the music and notice that the
place has a lot of personality.
On our table is a postcard in a stand up frame with a message on the
back saying something like "Dear Juan, Managed to avoid the cops
one more time. Having a great time. Keep making those
burritos. Can't wait to have one when I get back. Curtis"
So, there really is a Juan. Our waitress returns with drinks and
we ask her what her name is. "Curry" she says. Oh,
what an unusual name, we say creatively. Is everyone here named
after a spice? "No," she says, "it's not a spice,
it's Kure" and it's her birth name. She's actually
warming up to us now, so we push ahead and ask about the Flying Burrito
and Juan.
As it turns out, Juan is a collective; it stands for everybody -
everybody that works there, that is. She doesn't know where the name
came from but the cooks are real Mexicans and she promises us the food is
the best around and we won't be disappointed.
She's right. It's one of those meals, you make m-m-m noises and
roll your eyes up because it is so good, and yes, I know I said we were
really hungry, but this food is genuinely good, and by that, I mean it
actually has flavor and is not scraped out of a can and reheated.
When our bill comes, we notice "COPS" is written on the
back. Hoping we aren't suspects (expired drivers license escapees),
we ask Kure, what's that about? She laughs and tells us that all the
tables are named in conjunction with the postcards on the table.
Next to us is Dirty Sanchez, behind us is Scream and others are St. Louis,
Texas, Mary, Van Halen. I told you it was an interesting place.
If you get here, try it. We're glad we always order burritos and
enchiladas. We may just have found the best ones.
Juan's Flying Burrito is at 2018 Magazine Street right in the middle of
a block of antiques. Meet us tonight for the Celebration in the Oaks
where two million lights will take us back to the magic and fantasy of
childhood! Who can resist that?
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