more delicious corn tacos.

these did not exhibit the same fall apart on the split behavior that my first tacos did. i’m not sure if this was something special about the ones today or about the ones last time…either way, delicious.

also, I hadn’t ever been to this location.

great times as always. i biked over in my flipflops which doesn’t work well with clip-in pedals…

Since they sent me a free burrito I went all out and got the chicken with guacamole. ooooh - delicious! bug and i split this so the fact that it was enormous wasn’t a major problem.

my wfe always orders this same burrito. sometimes she gets barbacoa, but this is her favorite. she ordered today. that’s nice.

the day started like any other day - ordered my burrito, filled my cup of water, sat down at the bar, started reading forbes. pretty standard.

then i noticed some folks talking with the store manager about recipes. they were discussing the finer points of the barbacoa shredding process, whether it should be more or less like the process for the carnitas and how much salt should be in different parts of the food. i looked at the guy a couple times and though, he looks familiar.

really familiar, though without the smile it's hard to tell. so i got an opportunity to ask one of the other people working there if it were, in fact, steve ells. "yeah, you recognized him, huh" was the response. well, of course i did.

i wanted to get a photo with him and perhaps an autograph, but didn't want to interrupt their lunch. unfortunately, they wrapped up lunch and went into the kitchen too quickly for me to get in a word. my chance lost.

enter Houman Iskandani

just then i noticed a gentleman walk in who i had seen before at this store, but it never really registered with me. when he came in he said to one of the workers "is steve still here?" and the person responded "yeah, houman, he's back there." oh, ok. so this is Houman Iskandani that they have profiled on their drink cups. two brushes with fame in one day.

so, a little later i got an opportunity to meet him, chat with him, and get a photo with him. he's a real nice, ordinary guy. and seemed to be enjoying the slight celebrity status that he has now. in case you don't know him, here's the text from the cup:

People We’re Pleased to Know, Part 1

my partner and i were on the south side of town and said, “hey, why not go to the original chipotle for lunch?” yes, I think we will.

also, she had her purse and was hooking it around her knee so it wouldn’t affect the other people at the bar, but that didn’t work well and it fell on the floor - obviously there must be a better way… ;)

they threw a tortilla into the press as i walked up so even though i was going to order a bol i decided to go for the burrito to be nice. then, when i unwrapped it i noticed that the whole thing had ripped down the side about half way. i mean, that’s just a sad thing to have happen to a guy.

oh well. sometimes it has to be bad so that you’ll appreciate how good the good ones are. also, i love the corn salsa.