Sooooo... I tried Panchero's
My first impression was that it was cool that they pressed their tortilla and it definitely is a better tasting tortilla than the other burrito places. It is also bigger, which was helpful because I didn't have to ask to double-wrap it.
My second impression was that Panchero's are cheap *****. They wanted to charge extra for veggies and meat (no other place I've been to has done that). Wanted to charge extra for both beans (only place that does that). Wanted to charge extra for another scoop of cheese (again, no other place does that). I was getting ****** about Panchero's before I could even get to taste it.
Tortilla: Panchero's wins from the reasoning above, very very good tortilla
Meat: Very chewy, and looking at all of the meats, it looked like they were left overs from last night, or been sitting there awhile.
Rice: I am partial to the lime rice at Chipotle, I love the zest of it!
Salsa: Panchero's pico is the best among the burrito places I've been to. Their hot salsa is lacking heavily though. Not spicy at all. Moe's wins the salsa battle by far.
Grilled Veggies: Chipotle doesn't have the variety as Panchero's but at least Chipotle cooks them... very raw at panchero's which isn't terrible, just not expected.
Beans: Chipotle bar none.
Chips: Chips are good at every burrito place except Fighting Burrito but they chips at Panchero's was right up there and maybe even surpassed chipotle
Queso: Chipotle loses automatically because they don't have it anyway. But Panchero's versus Moe's and Qdoba, Panchero's wins the Queso battle by far.
Overall Taste: Pretty average among the burrito places I've been too. I would rank it dead center.
1.) Chipotle
2.) Moe's
3.) Panchero's/Fighting Burrito
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5.) Qdoba