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“Blame it on flour tortillas, but it’s not every week that New York City gets a new burrito — let alone a restaurant devoted entirely to their craft. At Electric Burrito, two veterans from East Village cocktail bar Mister Paradise seek to do justice to the somewhat-maligned. California burrito, some 2,700 miles from their home city. Their restaurant, located at 81 Saint Marks Place in the East Village, opens for takeout on May 17.”
“Wait, fries are in the burrito?”That’s the most common question Alex Thaboua gets these days while at his new restaurant, the Electric Burrito NYC, which he launched in mid-May with his friend and business partner Will Wyatt.The tiny burrito shop – it’s a burrito shop, not a taco shop – is located at 81 St. Marks Pl. in New York City’s East Village. It’s already generating some buzz, so much so that Thaboua said they ran out of carne asada their first day in business and had to close on day two to catch up."
"While perched on a bench with a friend and two halves of this burrito, a couple walking down the street stopped to ask us. “I’m sorry,” they said, “but are those french fries in that burrito?” Sure, we were already turning heads with audible groans and lots of laughter, having finally found a California burrito to scratch our cravings, but it’s interactions like ours — filled with confusion, disbelief, and ultimately, pleasant surprise — that led Alex Thaboua to open Electric Burrito in May."
"From the team behind nearby cocktail bar Mister Paradise comes Electric Burrito, a fast-casual spot that opened this spring and is known for its signature french fry-stuffed Southern California-style burritos."
"Chelsea: Electric Burrito landed in the East Village in 2021, from Will Wyatt, co-founder of East Village cocktail bar Mister Paradise, and Alex Thaboua, who managed the bar. Overnight, New Yorkers flocked to the takeout spot for its ode to the french fry-filled burritos of Southern California. Now, the team has added a second location across town, in Chelsea. The menu is the same at both locations. It opened on November 27. 307 W. 17th Street, at Eighth Avenue."