{"id":102,"date":"2009-04-06T14:21:19","date_gmt":"2009-04-06T21:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.burritowings.com\/blog\/?p=102"},"modified":"2009-04-06T14:21:19","modified_gmt":"2009-04-06T21:21:19","slug":"isidro%e2%80%99s-taco-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.burritowings.com\/blog\/?p=102","title":{"rendered":"Isidro\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Taco Shop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.burritowings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/isidrosign.jpg\" alt=\"Isidro&#039;s Taqueria\" title=\"Isidro&#039;s Taqueria\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.burritowings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/isidrosign.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.burritowings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/isidrosign-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Every good breakup deserves <em>revisiting<\/em>. Sometimes these trysts only serve to remind you about why you left in the first place. Other times, they create the spark that is needed to kick-start the relationship back into action. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not ready to commit quite yet, but Burrito was certainly at the right place at the right time this past weekend in Monterey.<\/p>\n<p>While every man appreciates beauty, sometimes it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the unadorned that arouse us the most. Isidro\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Taqueria didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t appear attractive at first glance, but closer inspection revealed true beauty. And there was a drive-thru \u00e2\u20ac\u201c an alien concept in San Francisco. A chance to mingle with local flavor certainly could not be passed up. Housed in what could have been an old Taco Bell, Isidro\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t look the part, but a quick tour of the menu sealed the deal. All the essentials were represented, and the prices fair. I selected a driver-friendly item, and pulled on up to the window.<\/p>\n<p>The carnitas burrito conveniently emerged from the window, a welcome tube of tightly wrapped deliciousness. The meat was moist and flavorful and balanced nicely with the seasoned rice. These two ingredients formed the bulk of the burrito, with standard fillings also dotting the landscape. It was a very mild experience, a relationship that would be easy to slide back into. Although the hot sauce wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t very spicy, the flavor was there and the salsa complimented the familiarity of the event. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve had hotter, but for this particular Burrito, the mildness was appropriate and served as a reminder of previous encounters.<\/p>\n<p>Located just off of highway 1, a couple of stops north of Monterey on Del Monte Blvd., Isidro\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Taco Shop is a convenient stop when leaving town. Despite my recent flirtation with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.burritowings.com\/blog\/?p=76\">B\u00c3\u00a1nh m\u00c3\u00ac<\/a>, Isidro&#8217;s is definitely a taqueria worth remembering. Certainly for this hungry man, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d like to thank Isidro\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Taqueria for a <s>night<\/s> morning I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll never forget. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a good deal more to this story, but after all, what happens on vacation, stays on vacation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.burritowings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/isidromenu.jpg\" alt=\"Isidro&#039;s Taqueria Menu\" title=\"Isidro&#039;s Taqueria Menu\" width=\"500\" height=\"483\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.burritowings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/isidromenu.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.burritowings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/isidromenu-300x289.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every good breakup deserves revisiting. Sometimes these trysts only serve to remind you about why you left in the first place. Other times, they create the spark that is needed to kick-start the relationship back into action. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not ready to commit quite yet, but Burrito was certainly at the right place at the right [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[72,107,73],"class_list":["post-102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-monterey-bay","tag-isidros","tag-monterey-bay","tag-road-trip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.burritowings.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.burritowings.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.burritowings.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.burritowings.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.burritowings.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=102"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.burritowings.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111,"href":"https:\/\/www.burritowings.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102\/revisions\/111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.burritowings.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.burritowings.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.burritowings.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}