I've got fourteen hundred sixty three bookmarks.
Yeah, I am really good at bookmarking. I bookmark like a champ.
But do I actually ever go to any of the places I have bookmarked?
This year my New Year's resolution was to get busy visiting some of these places. So last week I looked over my collection and picked Maggie's On the Avenue. I'm so glad I did!
If you live in Ventura, you automatically know "The Avenue" means Ventura Avenue, over on the west side of town. I worked for like ten or eleven years on the Avenue and have eaten at many of the Avenue's wonderful little restaurants, but I had never tried Maggie's before. I had no idea where it was.
See, the Avenue is long. I mean, really long. It starts in downtown Ventura. I'm not sure exactly where it ends, it goes on for miles and miles. I think you can actually take the Avenue all the way up California, Oregon, and Washington, straight through Canada, and into Alaska. My guess is it probably goes all the way to Pt. Barrow. That's 2,899 miles.
Maggie's is only like 15 minutes from Downtown, but to get there you have to drive by a lot of other great lunch places, like Johnny's, Taqueria Tepatilan and Taqueria Cuernavaca. With so many other places so much closer, you have to be dead set on eating at Maggie's to withstand the temptation to pull over and eat at one of those spots.
And I was. I was on a mission. Nothing was going to stop me.
The reason I picked Maggie's was because I wanted a burrito. Specifically a good Bean, Rice and Cheese burrito.
I rarely eat meat burritos because I am very particular. Ridiculously so. I can not deal with mediocre burritos, and I think they suck at most places. I've been burned way too many times. I finally just gave up on meat burritos. These days the only burritos I ever order are Beans, Rice and Cheese.
You might think it's easy to find a good BRC burrito, but it isn't. Not at all. So many places serve up bland, uninspired beans and rice. No flava.
Not Maggie's! The beans and rice here are good. Real good. They made a fine BRC burrito. So happy I found a new place to score a good burrito when I'm in the mood for one.
I particularly like that they offer two sizes: Medium and Large. I don't need a burrito the size of my forearm, so I went with a Medium. It was the perfect size for me. I liked that there was nothing else added to the burrito, too. I wouldn't have minded a little cilantro, but I was happy enough with just the beans rice and cheese.
Now that I know where Maggie's is, I will definitely be back. There are actually a few other things I'm eager to try, like the huevos rancheros and the corn burritos. I saw some photos of their hamburgers and I'm definitely going to try one of those, they look so good. Oh, and those Munchers, what are Munchers? I don't know, but I'm gonna find out.
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