All Hail ‘The Burrito King of Argentina’

Travel Blog  •  Jim Benning  •  12.03.07 | 10:43 AM ET

imageIn our ongoing quest to chronicle the spread of Mexican food —Tex-Mex, Cal-Mex, you name it—around the globe, we note the rise of the humble burrito in Buenos Aires. At The California Burrito Company, which was co-founded by a 24-year-old expat from California, eating instructions are posted on the wall: “Pull back the foil wrap as you consume the burrito.” There’s even talk of expanding to Montevideo.

Photo by rick via Flickr, (Creative Commons).