Two weeks ago I went to Tango Mango for the last time. As I watched my wet and slimy guacamole drip over my dry rice and gristly chicken I realized that the time had come to start my official boycott.
“But Jesse, Tango is the only place where I can get in a normal 30-minute block, not to mention the burritos are quick and cheap” That’s what we’re looking for in lunch? Price and haste? Let me first address the fiscal irresponsibility of going to Tango Mango.
An average burrito from Tango costs a little over $6. And after eating said burrito, I often ask myself, “So what’s for lunch?” After enjoying a succulent burrito or burrito bowl for a similar price, I rub my tummy in Mexican ecstasy for the duration of my next block. Unlike two weeks ago, when I found myself gunning home in an attempt to combat the premature arrival of Montezuma’s revenge.
Granted, guac does cost extra at Chiptole, but at least I get the feeling that it was made at some point during that week. A confidence that hardly exists as I watch in disgust as my guac sputters like green toothpaste out of a ketchup bottle at Tango Mango.
Secondly, I am appalled by the idea that some students will risk having to parallel park in a crowded Newton Centre, when they could easily breeze down Rachel Road and find ample parking right outside of the establishment.
I’ll admit it — I failed my driving test because I slammed the curb parallel parking. Therefore, I have a permanent fear of even attempting it. Having said that, I am equally aware of my peers’ vehicular abilities. And unless something has changed drastically, kids simply can’t drive and certainly can’t parallel park.
Before I set out for Chipotle I have zero schpilkas about the ride. But thinking about a crowded Newton Centre sends the image of soccer moms in massive SUVS and methodically moving elderly, squinting through the semicircle between the steering wheel and the dashboard as they drift aimlessly from lane to lane, to the forefront of my mind.
But even Chipotle has its lone imperfection. The service is absurdly slow, thus the line can grow to become unbearably long. What to do? Well, Needham Street provides a bouquet of offers from Fresh City to Soup Factory.
If Tango has a long line, which to me would be inexplicable, but if it did, I would probably go hungry before I went to Subway for essentially a $5 roll of bread…but that’s for a different day.
