Good Eats: Cafe Burrito

There was a LivingSocial deal earlier this year advertising a pretty cool night out: a half price discount on 2 movie tickets at Studio Cinema in Belmont as well as 2 burritos and 2 drinks at it's adjoining restaurant, Cafe Burrito. The idea is that you get your food next door and then go eat it in the theater (like Chunky's).

We drove out to Belmont yesterday to see The Great Gatsby. It was a 2pm showing so we planned on getting our food after the movie. The guy at the front desk (who I'm pretty sure was also the owner) said that's not how it's supposed to work but LivingSocial didn't make that clear so he let us go in sans food. Anyway, it's a one screen theater and doesn't look like much from the outside. The auditorium reminded me of one I visited for a high school play my friend was in. The only difference was that they had removed some of the seats and replaced them with tables so you could more comfortably eat in the theater.

Fast forward 2+ hours and it's burrito time. We head next door to Cafe Burrito and order our 2 burritos as well as a side of chips and queso because Brig has needs. The burritos were very good and the queso was pretty comparable to Qdoba. It, too, was a small spot and there wasn't much seating except for bar stools at the window. It did get maybe a dozen customers while we were there but who knows how many were LivingSocial buyers like ourselves and getting their food before the 5pm showing of Gatsby.

If you're in Belmont then there's really no reason not to try it. We both said it's somewhere we'd go back to but really no rush there.