For 30 years, Isaac’s has been hidden away on Fries Avenue, set up in a colorless building barely painted a blank beige. But that’s okay because at Isaac’s, simplicity matters. The easiest way to start is with the red burrito, which contains a pile of shredded beef drenched in a mildly spicy stew of red [...]

A burrito for one is a burrito for all at Isaac’s Café

PHOTO by ROSHEILA ROBLES
In a place like Wilmington, you learn to transform your surroundings. Close your eyes and cranes grow into trees, ships become mountains. Stacks of cargo containers warp into rusted monuments of industry. In a place like Wilmington, you learn how the [...]

Burrito Factory’s bean burrito
It takes cojones to name a restaurant Burrito Factory. This is Southern California, after all, not some Mexican-food-free land like Nebraska. We know our burritos like we know our traffic and smog. But although Burrito Factory isn’t as industrial as it sounds (no conveyor belts, no gargantuan burrito machines), the restaurant more [...]

Stop by Nick’s on a Saturday or Sunday morning and you’ll find yourself surrounded by a mob of people either already inhaling burritos or standing in a line that, at times, goes out the door. It’s a hyped place, but unlike most “oh-my-god-you-haven’t-been-there-before?!” sacred cow restaurants, Nick’s earns it. All three of Nick’s burritos (chorizo/bacon, [...]

Here at Fixer-Supper HQ, I’ve spent 2008 making a number of totally NOMNOMNOM-worthy recipes . . . and not snapped any photos. Still working on this. Sorry!
One of the best was this baked sundried tomato risotto recipe from VeganYumYum, with grilled veggies and a balsamic vinegar reduction. I basically followed the same recipe, though I [...]