Skip to main content
The Kitchen Archive

Eats Archive › California › San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area, CA

In defense of La Costen~a (was Re: Best Burrito in South Bay

1 post · Oct 7, 1993

Sam C.Sun Microsystems, Inc.Oct 7, 1993
karl> I've been to La Contena, and the food is OK, but not great.  I had karl> the unfortunate experience of passing through the grocery store up karl> front, and it wasn't very clean and had a very bad smell.  Now, I karl> didn't expect a store like with shiny floors like Draegers, but La karl> Costena is really a dump.

jet> I go there quite often (2+ times a week), and have yet to notice it jet> have 'a bad smell'.  The kitchen is quite clean (I look for these jet> things :-).

I agree. I also go to La Constena frequently and have never noticed any unsavory odors.  Nor do I consider the grocery section of La Constena "a dump".  I think that this is an unfounded complaint against an outstanding purveyor of large, cheap, and delicious burritos.

Sam
Share this page