Although the precise origin of the modern burrito is unknown, a popular piece of folk history relates that Juan Méndez, a street vendor in Chihuahua, Mexico, is the original creator. Méndez sold tacos at a street stand in the Bella Vista neighborhood of Ciudad Juárez during the Mexican Revolution, using a donkey to transport himself and his food. To keep the food warm, Méndez wrapped the meals in large homemade flour tortillas underneath a small tablecloth. As the “food of the burrito”(“food of the little donkey”) grew in popularity, the “burrito” was eventually adopted as the name for these large tacos.

At el Santito we may not have little donkeys to transport our burritos to you, however we promise our burritos are just as fresh, authentic, and satisfying.