Ottawa Foodies

re: non-sausage street foods

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There's hope!

I definitely agree Monty, and I've thought about starting up a business that would do exactly that... but the niche in Ottawa is pretty tight, it's something you would have to win locals over with. It's sad when Taco Bell is probably the closest to this business model...

I still haven't tried Coco's yet, but I heard they aren't very speedy. Ahora is good, but, it's not as fast as the few you've mentioned.

Personally, I think Ottawa needs a kick in the sausage-street-vending pants, and some people need to start peddling burritos/tacos/sopa, etc like they do all over the USA.

Serious lack of quick-service type burrito places here in Ottawa. By quick-service I mean like Subway style where you pick a filling (beef, chicken, fish, or veg) and all your fillings, they wrap it up, grill it, and send you on your way.

There's quite a few in Toronto like Burrito Boyz, Mucho Burrito, Moe's Southwest Grill, and BarBurrito. Even more plentiful in our neighbors to the south, the US.

Seems like everyone in Ottawa is hung up on Shawarmas as their wrap of choice. Someone needs to step it up and fill the void!

I just attended Ahora for the first time with the GF and it matched my expectations. We both got Burritos in different forms, as well as the corn chips and Guacamole. We only sampled the rice and the beans and a few of the sauces seeing as the Lady happens to be quite allergic to sweet peppers (red, green, yellow) which are only actually found in the salad or as a garnish.

It was astounding. It felt filling and healthy, like the very definition of quality mexican food. My only complaint was that there was so little space for a resto which is so wonderful. I will certainly be back to try the Enchilada, but I heartily reccomend the burrito's.

After so much 'enchiladas vegetariana' abuse I finally branched out and got a take-away vegetarian burrito. The 'ranchero vegitariano.'

And, yum.

One thing stands out: Ahora is a great value. It's an awful lot of high-quality food for relatively little cash. Size-wise, it reminded me of something called a "Macho Burrito" from the US "Del Taco" chain, which was -- when I was there -- advertised with the not terribly appealing slogan "Over 1 pound of ingredients!" Really, a piggish size. But exactly the sort of thing I like to pig out on.

The hot-tish green salsa, all cilantro-y, is just the thing to douse it with.

This is the burrito platter. I didn't eat it so I can only share what I saw.