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The origin of the Burrito, which means "little donkey" in Spanish, is wrapped (no pun intended) with legends and stories set along the USA-Mexico border. One of the more popular ones is that of Juan Mendez who peddled tacos along the streets of Ciudad Juarez during the Mexican Revolution using a donkey as transport. To keep his tacos warm, Mendez wrapped them in homemade four tortillas and kept them under layers of tablecloth. As Mendez's trade grew in popularity, folks have started to call the tortilla-wrapped tacos as the "food of the burrito," (for "food of the little donkey") or in short, "Burrito."... While there are many other alternate burrito origin stories, many Historian Foodies agree that the "Burrito" appeared on a restaurant menu for the first time in Los Angeles, California at El Cholo Spanish Cafe in the 1930's. By the way, El Cholo was also noted for popularizing the "Margarita" served on the rocks, later blended by another young Mexican immigrant and FireGrill friend,..

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