Order Burnt ends burrito Price $13.95 Tortilla ★★☆☆☆ Meat ★★★★★ Flavor ★★★★★ Size/shape ★★★★☆ Overall ★★★★☆ Sides Duros de harina La Paloma Cafe isn’t known for its burritos. Their whole schtick is serving Californio cuisine, which is apparently a fusion of Spanish, Mexican, and indigenous influences.| tjcx
Order Al pastor burrito Price $10.95 Tortilla ★★★★☆ Meat ★★★★★ Flavor ★★★★★ Size/shape ★★★★☆ Overall ★★★★★ Sides Habanero salsa, salsa verde, mango salsa (+ 2 other salsas) and chips Located in the Funk Zone, Mony’s is the perfect place to refuel after a draining afternoon of brewery-hopping.| tjcx
Order Carne asada burrito Price $10.95 Tortilla ★★☆☆☆ Meat ★★★☆☆ Flavor ★★★☆☆ Size/shape ★★★★☆ Overall ★★★☆☆ Sides None Taqueria Santa Barbara’s main selling point is its location: it’s on State Street, right downtown, and it’s also one of the closest burritos to my house.| tjcx
Order Carne asada burrito Price $9.95 Tortilla ★★☆☆☆ Meat ★★★★☆ Flavor ★★★☆☆ Size/shape ★★☆☆☆ Overall ★★★☆☆ Sides Salsa verde Located on Haley Street, Lito’s is perfectly situated for anyone who gets overserved at Third Window Brewing—right around the corner—and needs a meat missile to soak up the booze.| tjcx
Order BBQ Tri-tip burrito Price $9.95 Tortilla ★★☆☆☆ Meat ★★★★☆ Flavor ★★☆☆☆ Size/shape ★★★☆☆ Overall ★★★☆☆ Sides Chips and salsa roja I don’t know exactly what the definition of Tex-mex is, but I’m pretty sure the Chicken Ranch burrito falls squarely into this category. All of the ingredients were fine—in fact the meat was pretty high quality—but it was more of a “hot wrap” than a burrito.| tjcx
Order Carne asada burrito Price $9.50 Tortilla ★★★★☆ Meat ★★★★☆ Flavor ★★★★☆ Size/shape ★★★★☆ Overall ★★★★☆ Sides Avocado-tomatillo Salsa Much like El Sitio, Taquería Cuernavaca specializes in a simple rice-beans-meat burrito which is then grilled to brown part of the tortilla and cook all the ingredients a final time.| tjcx
Order Al pastor burrito Price $8.95 Tortilla ★★★★☆ Meat ★★★☆☆ Flavor ★★★★☆ Size/shape ★★★★★ Overall ★★★★☆ Sides Salsa Roja and Salsa Verde El Sitio has three locations in Santa Barbara. I assume they’re all pretty similar, but this review is about the one in a strip mall on De La Vina.| tjcx
Order Steak “monster” burrito Price $13.50 Tortilla ★★★☆☆ Meat ★★★☆☆ Flavor ★★★☆☆ Size/shape ★★★☆☆ Overall ★★★☆☆ A favorite of UCSB college students, Freebirds is the original Chipotle (founded in 1987, six years before their much-more-successful rival), a burrito chain that uses fresh ingredients to build custom-order Mission-style burritos.| tjcx
Order Carnitas burrito Price $7.50 Tortilla ★★☆☆☆ Meat ★★☆☆☆ Flavor ★★☆☆☆ Size/shape ★★☆☆☆ Overall ★★☆☆☆ Located inside a convenience store, Mayo’s was pretty busy when I stopped by at noon on a Tuesday. So I was surprised by the unimaginative burrito they served: mostly rice and pinto beans with just a dash of carnitas, wrapped so carelessly that the ends weren’t tucked-in properly.| tjcx
Order Al pastor super burrito Price $10.99 Tortilla ★★★☆☆ Meat ★★☆☆☆ Flavor ★★★☆☆ Size/shape ★★★☆☆ Overall ★★★☆☆ Santa Barbara loves Super Cucas, with a location on the Mesa and in the Westside. Overall it’s pretty good, but I was disappointed by the meager serving of meat in my al pastor burrito, as well as that meat’s quality (it was a big dry—which is hard to do with al pastor!| tjcx
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Click here to skip to the list. Something has an asymmetric payoff if you stand to gain a lot more than you stand to lose. Stock options, for example, have an asymmetric payoff curve. In the chart above, the dotted blue line represents the payoff for a stock. It’s linear because a $1 increase in share price means a $1 increase for the stockholder, and a $1 decrease in share price means a $1 decrease for the stockholder.| tjcx