Thursday, June 10, 2010

The Tortillas Moment


As co-owner Charlie Kerns explains: "The burrito war has been fought and won. We didn't win it."

Kerns says that while Tortillas still does enough business to remain open indefinitely, he wanted to retire his labor of love before it slips too far into decline.

"Sometimes things look better in the rear-view mirror," he says.

~Creative Loafing, April 23, 2003

Photo courtesy of Bell Street Burritos, who shows there is still some goodness in the world

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yep, mediocre burritos, a restaurant that smelled like warm piss, and a snotty, rude, drug addled staff that managed to get the order right half the time if you were lucky. Miss them...not! They had a great idea and pissed it away.

possum said...

I liked Tortillas, myself. It was just plain yummy.

Dave Bearse said...

Kinda hopin' you'll rally before the General Election.

lazermike said...

No comment. Just reminding you that you have a blog.

Unknown said...

wow it's been 3 months since you posted anything new...

Anonymous said...

OMG. This establishment is so very missed and talked about still. Us 30-somethings would do anything to get Tortillas back. Presently, we're left with chain restaurants that deliver unsatisfactory burritos!

Anonymous said...

we want new content - not warmed over pre-midterm content.

Anonymous said...

You know Lawmakers is back on and is not going to summarize itself?!