Z-Teca

Stale and rehashed flavors, went in reluctantly once and will probably never go again! (Unless morbidly curious…)
Our somewhat stunted little province is rife with these mysteriously expensive food chains that serve this flavorless & nutriionally-​bereft quasi-​food garbage. Service was helpful to my inquiries; I ordered a chicken burrito, and the toppings actually looked fresh made if the tortilla didn’t (it was on the verge of cracking). Way too much in a hurry to assemble and not properly heat through, though there was little solid food in it to heat I guess. The smattering of chicken tasted re-​heated and salty, the sauce toppings weren’t bad but the fresh veggies & particularly the onions tasted stale, stale, stale. The ‘cheese’ was barely present in flavor and may as well have been (or was it actually?) colorful wax shavings sprinkled on the somewhat miserly contents that altogether did not really satisfy.
I did get through said pathetic 7-​dollar burrito, and though that was a rip off there was at least a sale this week (um, the deal gets worse?). But if this is what ‘gourmet’ fast food has become, I’m opting out. What a ripoff. Seems like the place was designed by yield managers whose sole and soul-​less aim was to empty your wallet cynically & efficiently allowing the least imaginable enjoyment or health benefit possible.
Q: Is it THAT hard to make decent cheap TexMex takeout east of the DVP? Burrito Boys on Peter Street kicks this place in the keister. People are not stupid, you know and the Beach has its share of doubters when it comes to eating out down the block. What a stupid, cynical farce of a resto chain this is, there’s no way Z-​teca will last here or ever make money. Certainly what they do take in money-​wise doesn’t show in quality.
Here’s a sharp business idea: when it comes to food you have to give an actual shit and not serve virtual shit. Even with the Ontarians. Time will prove this hypothesis correct!

We have been a couple of times. Fairly capable burritos, quesadillas, etc. — pretty much what you would expect from a chain.

didn’t like my chicken burrito one bit — chicken pieces were blackened to the point it was not eatable and in general no flavour at all. very dissappointed