Flying Burrito

[sgrizzle]

What do you mean Atomic Burrito fizzled in comparison to Qdoba/Chipotle?
In the beginning (Tulsa region anyhow)... there was only Atomic Burrito.
Owners decided to open Los Cabos and sold their A.B. locations to Qdoba.
Years later, Chipotle comes to town.

I know they never directly competed, that's why I said "fizzled in comparison to" and not "fizzled in competition with"

I really liked Atomic Burrito (better than Qdoba actually) but they only survived because the other two weren't here. They had no real niche or anything they did obviously better. The service and marketing power of the big three (we don't have Baja Fresh yet) could easily crush them.

Keep in mind they sold the Atomic burrito business and opened a Los Cabos restaurant that failed miserably, although later iterations finally took off.

[YoungTulsan]

I judge a Mexican place solely on its quesadillas.  I liked them at Atomic Burrito, didn't like what I got at Qdoba.  Here's to hope for good quesadillas.

Fast food wise, Bueno's are actually pretty good (if they bother to actually cook them), and Bell's are absolutely nasty.

[ARGUS]

Looks like Flying Burrito fell.

[Conan71]

I liked the place, but they were never busy regardless what time I went for lunch.  Sorry to hear it.

[SXSW]

I miss the tapas place that used to be there, Aioli..

[Conan71]

I miss the tapas place that used to be there, Aioli..

Too bad Terry Turner's temper got the best of him finally caught up to him.

[sgrizzle]

I hope you are WRONG... when my brother was at UA we ate at the Flying Burrito most every time we were in town... very good food.

Well I did try Freebirds and it was worse.

[rdj]

I preferred Freebirds to the Flying Burrito.

Of the burrito joints in town, past & present, I would rank:

Flying Burrito < Freebirds < Qdoba < Atomic Burrito < Chipotle

Atomic Burrito may be a bit high due to the romanticism of a local place gone by the way side.

[DTowner]

This was one of those places I intended to try, but never got around to it.

[AngieB]

What is going into this location now?

[Teatownclown]

What is going into this location now?

It's Greek to me?

Total redo....kept the walls up to get grandfathered into code.

[BKDotCom]

What is going into this location now?

http://zoeskitchen.com/

[AngieB]

http://zoeskitchen.com/

That looks really good!

[sgrizzle]

Of the burrito joints in town, past & present, I would rank:

Flying Burrito < Freebirds < Qdoba < Atomic Burrito < Chipotle

Atomic Burrito may be a bit high due to the romanticism of a local place gone by the way side.

I think you and I share tastebuds.