I haven't ordered anything from Skip the Dishes lately. I saw that BarBURRITO was available in my area and decided to give it a try.
I looked at the address and it seemed so familiar. As I headed over to pick up my takeout, it dawned on me that perhaps this location is where Cinnaholic used to be. Sure enough, it was! As much as I miss Cinnaholic, I am thrilled that BarBURRITO is here now.
This eatery is located with a small number of businesses and is across from Scotiabank. Wild Wings has also shuttered its doors for good during this pandemic.
I ordered the nacho bowl and chose jerk chicken as my protein. I have ordered from the closest BarBURRITO from my workplace roughly 1.5 years ago and had a decent experience. I have never had a bowl before. I got a combo, which comes with chips and salsa, and a bottled drink. I got a Diet Coke.
The app said that my order would be ready in twenty minutes. I was grabbing bubble tea before heading over here, so I arrived a few minutes after the estimated time.
This section does have plenty of parking. It has Walmart close by, with various businesses scattered around the area. In this particular section, it can be a bit tight driving in, so exercise care.
I parked and walked in. The counters are spruced up from the Cinnaholic days, but they are set up roughly the same way.
A woman welcomed me. The pickup area has cubby holes where I believe my order was. I had to show my confirmation number. This woman didn't want to wait for my app to refresh on my phone and attended to something else that didn't seem all that pressing. I didn't enjoy that move. However, I showed my number to another woman and the first one came back to look at it together. Yeah, weird. Finally, they confirmed that my bag in the cubby hole was indeed mine. She placed it on the counter. I thanked her and started taking photos of everything. I then left and headed with my takeout to my car.
I got home and chowed down after I put everything away. I had been out and about for a few hours.
The nacho bowl is huge! There is only one size. It tasted good. It reminded me of a seven-dip taco dip, but with more ingredients. I got to select all ingredients that I wanted in my bowl. It was a bit soggy at the bottom, thanks to the moisture from the two types of sauces that I had specified (burrito and ancho chipoltle), tomatoes, red salsa, and lettuce. However, the flavours were amazing.
I added avocado as an extra. I'm glad that I did. It worked well. I enjoyed the crunched-up corn chips on top. They were perfect, but I may have overdid it by getting the combo. I didn't need more chips and salsa, so I left half of it for snacking today.
The chips were hot out of the fryer. The red salsa seemed so bland compared to the bowl. I actually dipped my chips into my bowl and put some of those ingredients on them. The chips tasted better.
I do recommend the jerk chicken. The flavours were yummy and there was a slight kick. The chicken morsels were also a decent size.
I needed the Diet Coke to wash everything down. It was icy cold, which I appreciated.
I am pleased that there's BarBurrito close by. I'll return and give the tacos a try next.
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